Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
From Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <Dev...@xemu.demon.co.uk>
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· 13 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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In article <69gh0s$d9l$1...@wolfman.xtra.co.nz>, Paul Wilkins <pwi...@synapse.net.nz> writes >Kathy wrote >>Incidentally, EVERYONE I know refers to # as "pound sign". Everyone YOU know in AMERICA may say this, because of the usage: edition #27 _number_ 27 // 12# of sugar 12 _pounds_ but it is very confusing internationally because.... > >But isn't the pound sign that weird looking symbol the English use for >denoting money? Just how we use $ as a dollar sign? English have two things called "pounds". Both are orignally the Latin word "Librae". 12 Lbs of sugar is 12 pounds [Librae] in weight �25.00 (*) is 25 pounds [Librae] in money, originally pounds of Silver (*)If it doesn't come out on your system, there is supposed to be a character resembling an ornate L before the 25, like the ascii drawing below: _ : ' |- /__ -- ('U~~] ('U~~] ('V~~}-. ('v~}. ('u~] ('u~}. art after J H~~H` J H~~H` ._/ H~'H j l~l j |~|` ! |~| d.n.maltz if you make it idiot proof, someone will just produce a better idiot....
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