Re: Name of a particular ASCII symbol (#)
From Benoit Evans <ben...@rrq.gouv.qc.ca>
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· 13 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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David Nebenzahl wrote: > > > > > # octothorp hash, pound, gridlet > > mesh, number sign > > I like "tic tac toe sign". > Where the hell does "octothorp" come from? According to MWCD (10th ed): ... n [octo + thorp, of unknown origin; fr. the eight points on its circumference] (1971) : the symbol # That's when; we still don't know whence! -- Regards, Salutations, K.-Benoit Evans Traducteur agree / Certified Translator (OTIAQ) Regie des rentes du Quebec Quebec, Canada Ceci n'est pas un texte officiel | This is not an official text du Gouvernement du Quebec, ses | of the Gouvernement du Quebec, organismes ou mandataires. | its institutions or mandataries.
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