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Subject:What's The Name of *#* From:Nancy Lynch <lynchmob -at- COMLAND -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 25 Sep 1996 09:34:24 -0600
HELP, and okay this might be cheating just a bit, but a resource is a resource!
In my Tech Editing class, we've been given the assignment to find out the
correct name for the number sign or the pound sign (#). It's *not* called
the commercial sign anymore, I've been told.
For those of you who like nitpicky challenges, any ideas?
