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On Fri, 27 Sep 1996 11:41:15 EDT, Karen Molloy wrote:
>>Hmmmmmmmmm.......... when did people stop calling the # sign the
>>_pound_ sign?
>Many people outside the US have *never* called it the "pound" sign. Ask someone
>who speaks British English what the pound sign is. What they consider the pound
>sign is not the # symbol.
Agreed, the "pound" sign in Britain is a squirly 'L' denoting currency
(much like the dollar sign on this side of pond could be considered a
squirly 'S' ;)
Actually, calling '#' a pound sign doesn't have as much meaning to
someone who's grown up in Canada in the last 30 years with the metric
system, either. "Pound" is what I do to the keyboard when Windows
crashes and takes down the last two hours' work with it =)
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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