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From: diamond@diamond.csl.sony.junet (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: Pound sign (was Re: the Telephone Test)
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Date: 8 May 89 04:11:53 GMT
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In article <954@krafla.rhi.hi.is> einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason) writes:

>I just thought I should give my $0.02 worth.  Why don't we just pronounce it

You mean your                    #0.01 worth   :-)

>as: "ASCII-THIRTY-FIVE"   ???????????????????????????????????????????????

Speaking of which, how do you pronounce ASCII?  I always thought that
was what you put in the lock to get into your girlfriend's apartment.
(Stolen from some published source long ago...)

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Norman Diamond, Sony Computer Science Lab (diamond%csl.sony.co.jp@relay.cs.net)
  The above opinions are my own.   |  Why are programmers criticized for
  If they're also your opinions,   |  re-inventing the wheel, when car
  you're infringing my copyright.  |  manufacturers are praised for it?