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Subject:Re: Technical name for the #? From:Scott McClare <smcclare -at- DY4 -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 26 Nov 1998 10:29:35 -0500
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>I like gridlet. I like it better than all the rest put together.
>Octothorpe is cute but takes too long to say.
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>Can we get a groundswell of support for change here?
Only if the change is for "waffle iron." 8-)
Scott
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