Re: name of ascii symbol #
From liz.at.navix.dot.net (Blackwood)
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· 7 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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"Jonathon R. Oglesbee" <ogl...@fullnet.net-removetoreply> wrote: +>| How is ascii symbol '#' called in american english? Is it 'pound' +> +>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 We older folks still call it a hash-mark. liz at navix dot net (non-spammers substitute net for net and spin around three times while tugging on your ear to e-mail. Spammers don't e-mail)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,d8ba9ee032dffd44 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: liz.at.navix.dot.net (Blackwood) Subject: Re: name of ascii symbol # Date: 1998/01/07 Message-ID: <69032a$drm...@iac7.navix.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 313623176 References: <34A...@ares.informatik.uni-ulm.de> <01bd187e$68352060$LocalHost@atkins> <34b2d254.0@206.103.97.91> Organization: Navix: Aliant Communications Internet Services Reply-To: No-...@yucky.spam Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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