Oh,Jackie, that's serious. Time is near when you will find yourself thinking in French one morning and next your husband coming into the room with café - croissant.
Céline used to call them his three little dots, but, of course, he said it in French. Les fameux points de suspension (link)
I don't even know if we have a word for 'puntje puntje puntje'.
I was trying to find out but only found blogs in which the dots were used in a hilarious way. Sorry I can't transmit, as it was very funny.
Voyage au bout de la nuit, very impressive.
