Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
From Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <new...@xemu.demon.co.uk>
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· 16 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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In article <34B...@erols.com>, Robert Lieblich writes: >Dammit, isn't anyone going to bust in and point out that in the US the >symbol # can represent the unit of weight named "pound"? >The symbol # in the US can represent the unit of weight named "pound." >And that, children, is why in the US the key on which the # symbol >appears is called the "pound key." They already have. The US usage of #1023 for "number" 1023 is not shared abroad, and 15# for 15 "pounds" weight is unknown abroad. Pounds weight in England and AFAIK Australia etc is "Lbs", and we have a fancyL prefix in 'L'70 for 70 pounds money. This is why "number", "hash"/"crosshatch", "gate" or "sharp" are sensible names internationally, but "pound" isn't --- most people outside America will think you mean a fancyL sign for pounds money. In article <34b...@news.earthlink.net>, Robert Brody writes: >I'm not familiar with telephones in Great Britain so I don't know what >a touch tone phone in G.B. looks like. Same as an American one: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 * 0 # My telephone operator say the official name for that key here is either "hash" or "gate". |~/ |~/ ~~|;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;||';-._.-;'^';||_.-;'^'0-|~~ P | Woof Woof, Glug Glug ||____________|| 0 | P O | Who Drowned the Judge's Dog? | . . . . . . . '----. 0 | O O | answers on *---|_______________ @__o0 | O L |{a href="news:alt.religion.scientology"}{/a}_____________|/_______| L and{a href="http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/clam/lynx/q0.html"}{/a}XemuSP4(:)
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