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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 6 Jan 1998.
Re: name of ascii symbol #

Re: name of ascii symbol #


Martin Atkins wrote in message <01bd187e$68352060$LocalHost@atkins>...
>
>
>.-------D. Tyschler <dty...@ares.informatik.uni-ulm.de> wrote...
>| Hi,
>|
>| I have a simple (and stupid sounding) question to you ascii-experts:
>|
>| How is ascii symbol '#' called in american english? Is it 'pound' or
>| 'octothorpe' or 'gate' or 'stockade' or 'batten fence' or ... ?
>| Is there a common or hacker's abbreviation ?
>|
>| As this question is beyond the scope of this newsgroup -- sorry for
>| that -- you might reply direktly to me. But I am certainly reading
>| this newsgroup.
>|
>| Thanks for your time,
>|
>|    Derek
>|
>'--------------------------------
>
>In england we call it a hash, meaning 'number'
>



Don't listen to Martin.  In America, hash is something you have for lunch, or sometimes dinner.

JRO

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Subject: Re: name of ascii symbol #
Date: 1998/01/06
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