What I am looking for is some prescriptive source, a typesetters'manual, an old Encyclopedia, a 19th century grammar, or the like, which " spells out " the " English names " of the letters as spoken words rather than using the letter symbols to represent themselves . talk ) 04 : 12, 24 July 2011 ( UTC)
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Formerly, a glance at a U . S . stock symbol and its appended codes would allow an investor to determine where a stock trades; however in July 2007, the SEC approved a rule change allowing companies moving from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq to retain their three letter symbols; DirecTV was one of the first companies to make this move.
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The plain yellow flag ( " Quebec " or "'Q "'in international maritime signal flags ), perhaps derives its letter symbol for its initial use in "'q "'uarantine, but this flag in modern times indicates the opposite a ship that declares itself free of quarantinable disease, and requests boarding and inspection by Port State Control to allow the grant of " free pratique ".
