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Subject:Re: Names for symbols From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- LGC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 12 May 1995 11:54:36 CDT
> >>According to "Mark My Words: Instruction and Practice in
> Proofreading," by Peggy Smith of Editorial Experts, the symbol # is
> called an octothorp, space sign, or grating.
> So here's the question: how did the octothorp become more commonly
> known as the pound sign?<<
Because the # symbol is sometimes used as to represent "pounds," as in "Twenty
pounds of BS." Now, could we get off this topic, please?
(Sorry, Sue, this isn't a flame directed at you; I just think this topic has
been done to death.)
> Sue Stewart
> suepstewrt -at- aol -dot- com
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