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Subject:Re: the pound sign From:"Mayberry, Louise" <LOUISEM -at- CRONUS -dot- AIINET -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Aug 1995 12:53:00 EDT
My school of thought even calls the "#" symbol the number sign. I agree
that the pound symbol is what was described, a fancy capital L in a script
type format. This computer/telecommunications age tends to call something
whatever they want at the moment and worry about the semantics of the
language later. I'm not sure who will get this reply as today is my first
day on the techwr-l distribution but I felt compelled to pass on this info
anyway.
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From: TECHWR-L
To: Multiple recipients of list TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: the pound sign
Date: Wednesday, August 09, 1995 2:50PM
On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Leslie Gasser EXP 8/26/95 wrote:
> Could any of you tell me what the actual name of the
> pound sign (#) is? I thought it was octothorp (sp?),
> but I haven't been able to find it in the dictionary
> or in any of my reference books.
The sign you have typed there is not a pound sign. The pound sign looks
like a fancy handwritten capital "L", and is used as the symbol for British
currency, and Australian currency before 1966 (sorry it doesn't work
on my keyboard).
I know "#" as the "hash" sign.
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