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Subject:Re: the pound sign (#) From:Monica Stein <Monica -dot- Stein -at- SOFTIMAGE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 10 Aug 1995 14:44:38 -0400
FWIW, I have lived in Montreal for over 30 years and have always heard the "#"
sign referred to as pound. My French counterparts however refer to it as the
tic-tac-toe sign (go figure!)
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