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From: harrison@csl.dl.nec.com (Mark Harrison)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Name that character!
Message-ID: <1991May29.175534.23602@csl.dl.nec.com>
Date: 29 May 91 17:55:34 GMT
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In article <448@mwuk.UUCP> tony@mwuk.UUCP (Tony Mountifield) writes:

>I have never understood why this [#] gets called a "pound" sign in the US.

If you go to a hardware store and buy a pound of nails, the clerk
will write the ticket as "1# nails".

I have no idea why this is.
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