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Subject:Re: the pound sign (#) From:Sally Derrick <sally -at- DEV -dot- TIVOLI -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Aug 1995 14:20:29 -0500
James Perkins writes:
> I am working with a Canadian here, and he assures me that in North
> America, the "#" is known as the "hash" sign, as it is in Australia.
> This is certainly true of all computer specialists I have met. The
> Canadian, by the way, is not a computer specialist. He has a degree in
> English literature.
You're a lucky man. If you found *one* person who is such an authority
on word usage throughout an entire continent, I'd listen to him. In
the meantime, anyone know how we change every voice mail system or
phone ordering system to say "Enter your account number followed by
the hash sign?"
Sally Derrick
Tivoli Systems Inc.
sally -at- tivoli -dot- com
