Silly newbie question - Carrot character (^)

[Philip Semanchuk]

On Nov 5, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Peter Pearson wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Nov 2010 10:12:05 -0400, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
>> 
>> BTW the more common name for this character is caret (ka-RAY).
> 
> Yes, it's caret, but no, it's KA-rit, almost the same as
> carrot.  It's straight from Latin, with no detour through
> French.

This I did not know (obviously). Thanks. I knew all those years of studying French would ruin me somehow.