Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
From Kathy <kit...@bellatlantic.spamminator.net>
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· 15 Jan 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Paul Wilkins <pwi...@synapse.net.nz> wrote in article <69gh0s$d9l$1...@wolfman.xtra.co.nz>... > Kathy wrote > >Incidentally, EVERYONE I know refers to # as "pound sign". (I'm > referring > >to another thread I saw in this newsgroup.) Programmers, teachers, > >retirees. I only heard someone call it "octothorpe" once, and that guy > was > >kidding around. Once every blue moon I hear it called "hash sign". > > > >Trying to be helpful. > > But isn't the pound sign that weird looking symbol the English use for > denoting money? Just how we use $ as a dollar sign? > > # looks more like a hash (crosshatch) to me. It's also easier to say > 'hash' instead of 'pound sign' when telling someone what to type in. > Especially if you're telling someone over the keyboard and you're not > sure if they're using the same character set that you are. > > Ahh well, each to their own I suppose. > > Paul Wilkins > I am entirely in agreement with you that "pound sign" is a less logical term for this symbol than "hash". But the name preference persists in the US nonetheless. Most people do not come across the symbol used for money in Great Britain, so there is little in the US to be confused about. (Well, at least in terms of ASCII names...Michael Jackson on the other hand....) -- __ __ __ __ / "When preceded by its own / //_/__ _/ /_/ / __ __ / quotation yields a false / ,< / _ `/ __/ _ Y // / / sentence" when preceded by /_/|_|\_,_/\__/_//_|_, / / its own quotation yields a /___/ / false sentence. %^D Remove the ".spamminator" from my email address to reply
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