When I learned about this it blew my mind.
So you know when you were in elementary/jr high/high school and your teacher would tell you that if you left something out in a hand written paper you should draw a little "v" and then write what you wanted to insert?
Your teacher told you it was called a "carrot" mark, right? And that made sense to you because the "v" kind of looks like a carrot, right?
Wrong! It's real name is a caret mark. It comes from the verb careo, meaning to lack. So caret means, it lacks.
Crazy, right?
That is so awesome! Good to know.
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