Thanks, Sstones, but I can't take credit for writing them, I just
"collect" them.  Here's more:

    <!*''#
    ^@`$$-
    !*'$_
    %*>#4
    &)../
    |={~~NFS server screech not responding still trying

Transliterated:
    Lesser-waka bang splat tick tick hash,
    Caret at back-tick dollar dollar dash,
    Bang splat tick dollar under-score,
    Percent splat greater-waka number four,
    Ampersand right-paren dot dot slash,
    Pipe equals left-brace tilde tilde CRASH.

{ } . ! /
& ; ^ # -
< > @ \
{ } _ SYSTEM HALTED

Left titty, right titty, dot bang slash.
Ampersand semicolon, caret pound dash.
Less than greater than, at back slash,
left titty, right titty, under score crash.

* # ! ! (
' " . . DEL
# ^G ! ! working... done.

Star pound bang bang, open-paren.
Tilde and pipe, close-paren.
One quote, two quote, dot dot delete,
pound bell, bang bang, process complete.

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Here's an attempt to catalog the various punctuation marks
and their possible transliterations:

===

. dot  end  period  stop  point
, comma  uh  pause  wait
/ slash  zip  up ramp  virgule  shilling  per divide(d by)
? question (mark)  what  huh
< less  lesser  less than  waka  left point  left arrow
  from
> more  greater  greater than  waka  right point
  right arrow  gives
` one quote  start one quote  ping
| pipe  (vertical) bar  or
\ back slash  down ramp  unzip
: colon  dotdot  eyes
; semicolon  commadot  wink
' apostrophe  one quote  end one quote  tick  one tick
" quote  two quote (start or end)  ditto  two tick  double
[ left bracket  left square
] right bracket  right square
{ left titty  left brace  curly bracket  brace
} right titty  right brace  curly bracket  back brace
! exclaimation (point)  bang  yell
@ each  at  each at  squiggle  curly
# pound (sign)  hash  number
$ dollar  cash  money
% percent
^ caret  hat  power  hump  exponent  control
  (with letter: ^G)
& and  ampersand
* star  asterix  blink
( (left or open) paren
) (right or close) paren
- dash  bond  minus                 _
_ underscore  not (if over another: A = not A)  base
+ plus  and  add  with
= equal(s)  same  is  double bond
  space
     tab

Feel free to add as you see fit.

/m