Re: name of ascii symbol #

>How is ascii symbol '#' called in american english?
>Is there a common or hacker's abbreviation ?
These are two different questions, and seeing as the first has already
been answered, here is an answer (not "The" answer) to the second (and
names for other things):

The following poem appeared recently in INFOCUS magazine. The original
authors were Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College & eminary
of Grand Rapids, MI.
 
A poll conducted among INFOCUS readers had established "waka" as the
proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket characters <, though some
readers held out resolutely for "norkies."
 
  The text of the poem follows:
 
   <>!*''#
   ^"`$$-
   !*=@$_
   %*<>~#4
   &[]../
   |{,,SYSTEM HALTED
 
The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, as follows:
 
  Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
  Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
  Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
  Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
  Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
  Pipe curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.


...
And a big "thank you" to Mira Dessy, from whom I recieved it.
Whadd'ya mean not ascii art !? poetry is too art !
R.

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