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Subject:Re: What's The Name of *#* From:Sam Hranac <hkranch -at- INTERACCESS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 26 Sep 1996 08:33:49 -0500
Nancy wrote:
>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?
>Nancy Lynch
>The Lynch Mob
>end
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I have good luck getting *pound* past my editors. This is particularly
true in the telephony industry. Any other views?
