On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:49:28 -0700, Bridger wrote:

so this gets used from time to time... the meaning seems clear enough,
sort of a mental stutter, but I wonder how it came to be used and
where it came from......
^H^H^H^H
anybody know?
Bridger

Ctrl-H or ^H is the ascii erase (or is it backspace) character. Commonly
used in words like gar^H^H^Hshop.

-Doug