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Originally Posted by MMM
Don't call them "symbols"...call them "characters".
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Lol, I went through this conversation already... but I still disagree
. They are interchangeable in English and can be replaced in many environments.
In any case dictionary.com -
Character
12. a symbol as used in a writing system, as a letter of the alphabet.
13. the symbols of a writing system collectively.
A character is a symbol. Character is just more specific, but symbol is not wrong.