Re[2]: the pound sign

Subject: Re[2]: the pound sign
From: "Virginia L. Krenn" <asdxvlk -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 10:25:22 -0500

That discussion must have been quite a long time ago. Anyway, I do n=
ot =

remember it. =

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Here's one (from the American Heritage Dictionary) to add to your =

list:
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cross=B7hatch (kr=F4s"hch", krs"-) tr.v. cross=B7hatched, cross=B7ha=
tch=B7ing, =

cross=B7hatch=B7es. To mark or shade with two or more sets of inters=
ecting =

parallel lines. --cross"hatch" n. --cross"-hatch"ing n.


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Subject: Re: the pound sign
Author: Pat Madea <madea -at- mmsi -dot- com> at SMTP
Date: 8/9/95 2:24 PM

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The thread of what to call the # symbol has been followed before at =

great length. The contenders were octothorp, pound sign, hash or hash =

sign, and number sign. There was also thatch. There was no =

consensus. Go figure.....
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madea // madea -at- mmsi -dot- com


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