Re: the pound sign (#)

Subject: Re: the pound sign (#)
From: "Jean D. Ichbiah" <ichbiah -at- JDI -dot- TIAC -dot- NET>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 01:49:07 GMT

In article <199508091818 -dot- OAA29852 -at- postoffice3 -dot- mail -dot- cornell -dot- edu> Joanna Sheldon
<cjs10 -at- cornell -dot- edu> writes:

>>James> > I know "#" as the "hash" sign.

>>Stui> Hi James. In North America, they call the # the "pound" sign. I

>>Stui> know it as an octothorp as I come from England, just as the / is an

>>America, the "#" is known as the "hash" sign, as it is in Australia.

Nonsense! Of course it is called the "sharp" sign: ask any musician
or any Ada programmer :)


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