error in load somehow changes bash's character scheme

[AdrickTench]

Experimenting with load-ascii I tried

!(load-ascii &self "(bar 1)")

which apparently was incorrect usage as it triggers a horrid error:

(ugtrace  (error  (error  (missing_exception  (include_metta  &self '(bar 1)')) $_10518)) $_10584)


%~ FIlE: user_input:17
)$[⎽≤⎽├␊└] ⎽≤⎽├␊└:'$␌ ␌▒┌┌ ⎻⎼⎺┌⎺±'.  ┼⎺(␌┌▒┤⎽␊).
)$[$├⎺⎻┌␊┴␊┌] '$├⎺⎻┌␊┴␊┌':'$␋┼␋├␋▒┌␋⎽␊'. ⎺⎻┌␊┴␊┌.⎻┌:556:
(2)$[⎽≤⎽├␊└] ⎽≤⎽├␊└:␌▒├␌␤('$├⎺⎻┌␊┴␊┌':␋┼␋├␋▒┌␋⎽␊ ⎻⎼⎺┌⎺±,A,'$├⎺⎻┌␊┴␊┌':␋┼␋├␋▒┌␋⎽␊ ␊⎼⎼⎺⎼(A)). ┼␋├.⎻┌:564:
)<*>$Ä$toplevelÅ '$toplevel':run_init_goal('<garbage_collected>',@(user:loon(main),'/home/atench/mettalog/metta-wam/sr rc/canary/metta_interp.pl':2250)). oplevel.pl:740:
(6)$ÄsystemÅ system:catch_with_backtrace('<garbage_collected>','<garbage_collected>','<garbage_collected>'). nit.pl:644:

)$ÄsystemÅ system:catch(user:loon(main),A,'$toplevel':true). nit.pl:564:
(9)$ÄuserÅ do_loon. etta_interp.pl:2051:
(10)<*>$ÄsystemÅ system:ignore('<garbage_collected>'). nit.pl:546:
(14)$ÄapplyÅ apply:maplist_('<garbage_collected>',user:catch_red_ignore). pply.pl:225:
(18)$ÄapplyÅ apply:maplist_('<garbage_collected>',user:catch_red_ignore). pply.pl:225:

etc, etc...

% Got exception missingèexception(includeèmetta('&self','(bar 1)')) (Ctx0=è628176, Catcher=system:'<meta-call>'/1)
% Stack =  <span class="pl-ellipsis">...</span></span>, <span class="pl-var">Kw75</span>, <span class="pl-compound"><span class="pl-ellipsis">...</span> <span class="pl-infix">:</span> <span class="pl-ellipsis">...</span></span></span>)</span></span>)</span>,
            <span class="pl-atom">frame</span>( <span class="pl-int">6</span>,
              <span class="pl-compound pl-level-0"><span class="pl-functor">clause</span>(<span class="pl-args"><span class="pl-blob">&lt;clause&gt;</span>, <span class="pl-int">6</span></span>)</span>,
              <span class="pl-compound pl-level-0"><span class="pl-functor">catch_with_backtrace</span>(<span class="pl-args"><span class="pl-atom">'&lt;garbage_collected&gt;'</span>, <span class="pl-atom">'&lt;garbage_collected&gt;'</span>, <span class="pl-atom">'&lt;garbage_collected&gt;'</span></span>)</span>)]
   Exception: (107) ésystemê throw(error(missingèexception(includeèmetta('&self', '(bar 1)')), è3208)) ? exit (status 4)
; DEBUG Exit code of METTAèCMD: 4

and now after exiting my bash console is messed up: atenchàAdrickDesktop:û/mettalog/metta-wam$
(before: atench@AdrickDesktop:~/mettalog/metta-wam$)