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From: ritchie@hplsdla.HP.COM (Dave Ritchie)
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Subject: Re: Re: smail pronounciation (or in this case '#')
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Date: Thu, 12-Mar-87 13:34:54 EST
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  Speaking of "#":

  Texas Instruments called it an "octothrope" in their book about telephone
electronics. However, I can find no reference to "octothrope" as a word (yes,
I looked in both Webster's Unabridged and Oxford English Dictionary).
Has anyone heard of this word before?

					Dave Ritchie
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