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Subject:Re: the pound sign (#) From:Suzanne Townsend <ac158 -at- CCN -dot- CS -dot- DAL -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 10 Aug 1995 08:32:10 -0300
> As another Canadian (non-computer type) I've always know it as the
> pound sign. Our AT&T phone system also refers to it that way.
> Dave McGill
> mcgill -at- aset -dot- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca
And here in the Maritimes, MT&T (phone co), the banks, etc., use "pound."
Suzanne Townsend <ac158 -at- ccn -dot- cs -dot- dal -dot- ca>
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