How to pronounce/refer "!important"?

I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
is the correct way? TIA

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On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:21:44 +0100, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah
<ng4rrjanbiah (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
is the correct way? TIA

I just call it 'important', because that what it is. The ! is just a
delimiter.
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#important-rules
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On Mar 20, 3:41 pm, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:21:44 +0100, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah

ng4rrjanb... (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:
I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
is the correct way? TIA

I just call it 'important', because that what it is. The ! is just a
delimiter.http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#important-rules

"important" is the meaning and I understand it. But, think about
the situation of teacher who has to refer the notation when he write
it on board; how should he refer?

<OT>
Here in South India, people refer a*b as "a into b". But, lately I
have seen that Dijkstra refers it as "a times b" (in a google video).
</OT>

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In article
<9231b3ea-e956-40c1-9a01-4a81a0ddaae0 (AT) s8g2000prg (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" <ng4rrjanbiah (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:

On Mar 20, 3:41 pm, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:21:44 +0100, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah

ng4rrjanb... (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:
I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
is the correct way? TIA

I just call it 'important', because that what it is. The ! is just a
delimiter.http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#important-rules

"important" is the meaning and I understand it. But, think about
the situation of teacher who has to refer the notation when he write
it on board; how should he refer?

By analogy with shell scripts "bang important"

Seems to work...

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:

On Mar 20, 3:41 pm, "Rik Wasmus" <luiheidsgoe... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:21:44 +0100, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah

ng4rrjanb... (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:
I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
is the correct way? TIA
I just call it 'important', because that what it is. The ! is just a
delimiter.http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#important-rules

"important" is the meaning and I understand it. But, think about
the situation of teacher who has to refer the notation when he write
it on board; how should he refer?

OT
Here in South India, people refer a*b as "a into b". But, lately I
have seen that Dijkstra refers it as "a times b" (in a google video).
/OT

Really? In the US, "a into b" means "b divided by a" = b/a.

On Mar 20, 4:21 pm, "R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah"
<ng4rrjanb... (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:
<snip>

OT
Here in South India, people refer a*b as "a into b". But, lately I
have seen that Dijkstra refers it as "a times b" (in a google video).
/OT

Yes. a/b is referred as "a by b" in Mathematical context and "a
bar b" referring door numbers (e.g., 20/5). And sometimes "a slash b"
in programming context.

When we start discussing about countries and cultures, we'd get
crazy info. FWIW, I got surprised when someone in a.e.u informed me
that asking marital status in Western countries is an offense.

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On Mar 20, 4:32 pm, David Stone <no.em... (AT) domain (DOT) invalid> wrote:

In article
9231b3ea-e956-40c1-9a01-4a81a0dda... (AT) s8g2000prg (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" <ng4rrjanb... (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:
snip
I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
is the correct way? TIA
snip
By analogy with shell scripts "bang important"

Seems to work...

In C, we refer "!" as "not". So, I refer "!important" as "not
important". But, I'm still interested in official way of referring.

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R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote:

On Mar 20, 4:32 pm, David Stone wrote:
In article <blahblah.googlegroups.com>, "R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" wrote:
snip
I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
is the correct way? TIA
snip
By analogy with shell scripts "bang important"

Seems to work...

In C, we refer "!" as "not". So, I refer "!important" as "not
important". But, I'm still interested in official way of referring.

In C, the "!" is a negator. So !bValid is not bValid.

In CSS, the "!" is a deliminator, not a negator. So in speaking, it's
usually not pronounced; one just says "the CSS rules marked important
take precedence..."

In trying to explain to novices what to write, you might use the term
they understand as the "!" symbol. I call it an "exclamation mark" (or
maybe "exclamation point"), and never called it a "bang." So I would
say, "mark that declaration with exclamation mark-important."

What do normal folks who aren't busy programming in C call the "!"?

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John
Or is everyone in South India a C programmer? ;-)
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R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah <ng4rrjanbiah (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:

In C, we refer "!" as "not". So, I refer "!important" as "not
important". But, I'm still interested in official way of referring.

But this is not C it's CSS, which is a totally different topic.

--
Marc

On 2008-03-20, R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah <ng4rrjanbiah (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:

On Mar 20, 4:32 pm, David Stone <no.em... (AT) domain (DOT) invalid> wrote:
In article
9231b3ea-e956-40c1-9a01-4a81a0dda... (AT) s8g2000prg (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah" <ng4rrjanb... (AT) rediffmail (DOT) com> wrote:
snip
I'm just wondering, what is the correct way to refer to "!important".
I currently refer it is "not important"--but I guess, it's wrong. What
is the correct way? TIA
snip
By analogy with shell scripts "bang important"

Seems to work...

In C, we refer "!" as "not". So, I refer "!important" as "not
important". But, I'm still interested in official way of referring.

That's because in C ! means "not". But it doesn't mean that in CSS!

The ! is commonly known as "pling".