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Pronunciation of Forth Words

A number of Standard Forth words have common pronunciations; the following table lists them. Specific Quartus Forth words follow the same general pattern as regards pronunciation.

! store
# number-sign
#> number-sign-greater
#S number-sign-s
#TIB number-t-i-b
' tick
( paren
(LOCAL) paren-local-paren
* star
*/ star-slash
*/MOD star-slash-mod
+ plus
+! plus-store
+LOOP plus-loop
, comma
- minus
-TRAILING dash-trailing
. dot
." dot-quote
.( dot-paren
.R dot-r
.S dot-s
/ slash
/MOD slash-mod
/STRING slash-string
0< zero-less
0<> zero-not-equals
0= zero-equals
0> zero-greater
1+ one-plus
1- one-minus
2! two-store
2* two-star
2/ two-slash
2>R two-to-r
2@ two-fetch
2CONSTANT two-constant
2DROP two-drop
2DUP two-dupe
2LITERAL two-literal
2OVER two-over
2R> two-r-from
2R@ two-r-fetch
2ROT two-rote
2SWAP two-swap
2VARIABLE two-variable
: colon
:NONAME colon-no-name
; semicolon
;CODE semicolon-code
< less-than
<# less-number-sign
<> not-equals
= equals
> greater-than
>BODY to-body
>FLOAT to-float
>IN to-in
>NUMBER to-number
>R to-r
? question
?DO question-do
?DUP question-dupe
@ fetch
ABORT" abort-quote
ABS abs
AT-XY at-x-y
BL b-l
BLK b-l-k
C! c-store
C" c-quote
C, c-comma
C@ c-fetch
CELL+ cell-plus
CHAR char
CHAR+ char-plus
CHARS chars
CMOVE c-move
CMOVE> c-move-up
COMPILE, compile-comma
CR c-r
CS-PICK c-s-pick
CS-ROLL c-s-roll
D+ d-plus
D- d-minus
D. d-dot
D.R d-dot-r
D0< d-zero-less
D0= d-zero-equals
D2* d-two-star
D2/ d-two-slash
D< d-less-than
D= d-equals
D>F d-to-f
D>S d-to-s
DABS d-abs
DF! d-f-store
DF@ d-f-fetch
DFALIGN d-f-align
DFALIGNED d-f-aligned
DFLOAT+ d-float-plus
DFLOATS d-floats
DMAX d-max
DMIN d-min
DNEGATE d-negate
DOES> does
DU< d-u-less
DUP dupe
EKEY e-key
EKEY>CHAR e-key-to-char
EKEY? e-key-question
EMIT? emit-question
ENDCASE end-case
ENDOF end-of
ENVIRONMENT? environment-query
F! f-store
F* f-star
F** f-star-star
F+ f-plus
F- f-minus
F. f-dot
F/ f-slash
F0< f-zero-less-than
F0= f-zero-equals
F< f-less-than
F>D f-to-d
F@ f-fetch
FABS f-abs
FACOS f-a-cos
FACOSH f-a-cosh
FALIGN f-align
FALIGNED f-aligned
FALOG f-a-log
FASIN f-a-sine
FASINH f-a-cinch
FATAN f-a-tan
FATAN2 f-a-tan-two
FATANH f-a-tan-h
FCONSTANT f-constant
FCOS f-cos
FCOSH f-cosh
FDEPTH f-depth
FDROP f-drop
FDUP f-dupe
FE. f-e-dot
FEXP f-e-x-p
FEXPM1 f-e-x-p-m-one
FLITERAL f-literal
FLN f-l-n
FLNP1 f-l-n-p-one
FLOAT+ float-plus
FLOG f-log
FM/MOD f-m-slash-mod
FMAX f-max
FMIN f-min
FNEGATE f-negate
FOVER f-over
FROT f-rote
FROUND f-round
FS. f-s-dot
FSIN f-sine
FSINCOS f-sine-cos
FSINH f-cinch
FSQRT f-square-root
FSWAP f-swap
FTAN f-tan
FTANH f-tan-h
FVARIABLE f-variable
F~ f-proximate
KEY? key-question
LOCALS| locals-bar
LSHIFT l-shift
M* m-star
M*/ m-star-slash
M+ m-plus
R/O r-o
R/W r-w
R> r-from
R@ r-fetch
ROT rote
RSHIFT r-shift
S" s-quote
S>D s-to-d
SCR s-c-r
SF! s-f-store
SF@ s-f-fetch
SFALIGN s-f-align
SFALIGNED s-f-aligned
SFLOAT+ s-float-plus
SFLOATS s-floats
SM/REM s-m-slash-rem
SOURCE-ID source-i-d
TIB t-i-b
TIME&DATE time-and-date
U. u-dot
U.R u-dot-r
U< u-less-than
U> u-greater-than
UM* u-m-star
UM/MOD u-m-slash-mod
W/O w-o
XOR x-or
[ left-bracket
['] bracket-tick
[CHAR] bracket-char
[COMPILE] bracket-compile
[ELSE] bracket-else
[IF] bracket-if
[THEN] bracket-then
\ backslash
] right-bracket

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