That darn # sign

Subject: That darn # sign
From: SuePStewrt -at- AOL -dot- COM
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 21:56:38 -0400

>>Newton's Telecom Dictionary (7th Edition) defines "octathorp" as:

"The character on the bottom right of your touchtone keyboard,
which is also typically above the 3 on your computer keyboard.
It's commonly called the pound sign, but it's also called the
number sign, the crosshatch sign, the tic-tack-toe sign, the
enter key, the octothorpe (also spelled octathorp) and the hash."<<

Interesting: they omitted "sharp," which is my first reaction everytime I
see the number/crosshatch/tic-tac-toe/enter/octothorpe sign.

Sue Stewart and her musical education
suepstewrt -at- aol -dot- com


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