Re: the pound sign (#)

Subject: Re: the pound sign (#)
From: James Perkins <perkins -at- BILBO -dot- NTC -dot- NOKIA -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 15:43:04 +0300

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

Stui> Hi James. In North America, they call the # the "pound" sign. I
too
Stui> know it as an octothorp as I come from England, just as the / is an
STui> oblique not a forward slash as they say here. :)

I am working with a Canadian here, and he assures me that in North
America, the "#" is known as the "hash" sign, as it is in Australia.
This is certainly true of all computer specialists I have met. The
Canadian, by the way, is not a computer specialist. He has a degree in
English literature.


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