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From: clive@ixi.UUCP (Clive)
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Subject: Pound sign (was Re: the Telephone Test)
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Date: 3 May 89 10:37:24 GMT
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In article <630@marob.MASA.COM> daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) writes:
>Another person writes:
>>but always, at the top of my routines, I:
>>	pound include studio-h (dancers might include studio-54 :->)

The character that looks like:

  |  |
--+--+--
  |  |
--+--+--
  |  |

is a "number" sign or a "hash" sign. It is NOT repeat NOT a pound sign.
A pound sign is what appears on a five pound note, and looks like:

       --
      /
  ---+---
  ---+---
    /
  -------

(or some more ornate version). How would you like it if I kept
saying:
       dollar include stood eye oh dot aitch
(I actually say "hash include ...") ?
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