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From: fvest@ducvax.auburn.edu (Floyd Vest)
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Subject: Re: Octothorpe as the Name for #
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In article <10293@accuvax.nwu.edu>, sdrc!thor!scjones@uunet.uu.net
(Larry Jones) writes...

>On a local radio station's call-in trivia show, a listener posed the
>question "What is the correct name for the '#' character on a
>telephone?", with the answer being, of course, "octothorpe". 

>I was wondering if anyone knew of a reference that could be found at a
>reasonably large public or university library that would mention
>octothorpe.

Look to the oft mentioned "Understanding Telephone Electronics" by The
Texas Instruments Learning Labs published by Radio Shack.  I saw it
there first.


Floyd Vest    Auburn University   FVEST@AUDUCVAX.bitnet              
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