Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
From N.Mitchum <HIN...@mail.lafn.org>
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· 15 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Robert Lieblich wrote: ------ > Dammit, isn't anyone going to bust in and point out that in the US the > symbol # can represent the unit of weight named "pound"? Or is each of > us who knows waiting for someone else? Well I can't stand it any more. >..... The subject comes up at least twice a year, and the regulars probably get tired of saying the same obvious things over and over. Same goes for the "@" symbol, the starting date of the next millennium, what to call the first decade of the third millennium, the superiority of the metric system, the third word ending in gry, the origin of "OK" ... and on and on. --- NM Mailed copies of replies always appreciated. (Mailers: drop HINTS.)
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