char = 'chaar' as in 'the charred remains of the pointy-haired boss were found in the server room'

! = 'bang' if i'm talking to a linux/unix geek, 'exclamation mark' if i'm talking to a normal person

# = 'pound' if i'm talking to a programmer, 'number sign' for everyone else

#! = hash-bang if i'm talking to a Perlie, no need to say this to anyone else

* = asterisk, occasionally star

regex = regg as in reggae, ex as in ex-employee

sql = SQUEAL

| = 'pipe' when talking to systems programmers, 'vertical bar' for normal people

bin = 'bin' as in 'bin thar, dun that'

lib = 'lib' as in liberation

etc = et cetera

/ = forward slash, so there's no ambiguity

LaTeX = lahy tehx, since I'm Southern