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From: derek@hsi.UUCP (Derek Lee-Wo)
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Subject: Re: Pound sign
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Date: 9 May 89 13:40:46 GMT
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In article <782@osf.OSF.ORG> dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks) writes:
>I lived in England for 33 years, and I never ever ever ever saw # used
>for pounds weight -- always lb.  I still find # = pound mildly
>irritating, but I defer to Websters for American usage.

I think using # for weight is probably an American tradition. I'm from
a Commonwealth country, and like you, I've never used # for weight. We always
used lbs.

Before I started College in the US (3 years ago), I always called the symbol
'#' hash. Since I've been here, I've been calling it a pound.

All of these discussions seem rather pointless. If I were to say, type
a hash, or a pound, or a number sign, everyone would know what I meant, even
though we all have our prefered name for it. 

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