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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 13 Jan 1998.
Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols

Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols

Kathy wrote:
> 
> US English makes the same distinctions, at least where I am (NYC area).
> 
> Incidentally, EVERYONE I know refers to # as "pound sign".  (I'm referring
> to another thread I saw in this newsgroup.)  Programmers, teachers,
> retirees.  I only heard someone call it "octothorpe" once, and that guy was
> kidding around.  Once every blue moon I hear it called "hash sign".


I have never heard this # referred to as the pound sign. I usually hear
number sign. For me the pound sign is the symbol for British currency. A
hash sign sounds like like a drug dealer's signal that he has something
to sell.
>

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Subject: Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
Date: 1998/01/13
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