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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Pound sign (was Re: the Telephone Test)
Message-ID: <4238@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 18 May 89 22:39:37 GMT
References: <30092@apple.Apple.COM> <4080002@hpopd.HP.COM> <27310@ism780c.isc.com> <2015@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <2015@dlvax2.datlog.co.uk>, gis@datlog.co.uk ( Ian Stewartson ) writes:
> In passing, I noticed that the SOED defines a dollar with two vertical lines
> and not the single line on my keyboard.

The US dollar is supposed to have 2 vertical lines (it's derived from
overstriking U and S). The dollar symbol with one vertical line is actually
the Australian dollar sign (derived from overprinting A and S and deciding
that it looks too much like the US dollar sign, and so simplifying it).

All rather academic at this point.
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