Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!ifistg!eyer@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de From: eyer@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (Eyer) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Name that character! Summary: note Message-ID: <11102@ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> Date: 29 May 91 10:08:14 GMT Sender: news@ifistg.uucp Distribution: comp Organization: Informatik, Uni Stuttgart, W. Germany Lines: 11 buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland) writes: > # sharp (I've only heard this from British people, ^^^^ for your information : the French word for # (diese) means the same > although the musical use is international) yep.