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From: zben@umd5.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The "#" Symbol
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 20:52:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  3 20:52:20 1985
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Summary: Well, it DOES have 8 legs...

In article <1074@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes:
>A while back, someone posted a query about the "#" (poundsign,...
>Well, I am convinced that the word is "octothorp". ...

Well, it does have 8 legs, so octo makes sense.  What does thorp mean?
An athelete?  :-)

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