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From: mcintyre@rpics (David McIntyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Interesting stuff on character names
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Date: 29 Aug 88 09:16:39 GMT
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In article <326@laic.UUCP> darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson) writes:
>> "#" is "sharpsign" (esp. to Common Lisp hackers), or "gridlet" (a name
>> bestowed by a contest conducted by All Things Considered a while back),
>> but please, not "pound" or "pound sign".
>Actually, I have seen this used before to denote pound weight, not pounds
>sterling (this was in NON-computer-related articles before 1970).  In fact,
>other than being an abbreviation for weight, I can't think of any reason it
>would be on a typewriter (pre-computer typewriters anyway).

How about this.......the offical name for this thing.....well at least
the name used by AT&T Bell Labs professional speakers core (the people
who go out and give little info talks for a living) is the.....

			.....OCTOTHORP......

Yes, this strange word means eight-legs (or something along that line),
which is exactly what # has....eight little legs.

Thought someone out there might care.
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