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From: motcid!ellisndh@uunet.uu.net (Dell H. Ellison)
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Subject: Re: On the Trail of the Elusive Octothorpe
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In article <9236@accuvax.nwu.edu>, motcid!king@uunet.uu.net (Steven
King) writes:

> In article <9204@accuvax.nwu.edu> erik@naggum.uu.no (Erik Naggum) writes:

> >	#5	means "number five"
> >	5#	means "five lbs (pounds)"

> >This has later been confirmed by several good dictionaries and
> >reference works (read: theory), but I've never seen in it practice.

I thought everyone used 'lbs.'  I guess I was wrong.
 
> I prefer calling it the "sharp" sign.  It doesn't get confused with
> the British pound, and is much less of a mouthful than "octothorpe".
> That last sounds like it should be on the menu at a seafood
> restaurant.

I've found that most people (at least in the states) call it
a pound sign.

But I like to call it a Number Sign, because it's hard to confuse
it with something else.  (Many people are not familiar with music
terminology.)                                                       

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