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- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!exnet!exnet2!s0rah
- From: s0rah@exnet.co.uk (R A Hollands)
- Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
- Message-ID: <C174JH.Iq@exnet.co.uk>
- Organization: ExNet Systems Ltd Public Access News, London, UK
- References: <C15CLw.9zq@micrognosis.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:49:59 GMT
- Lines: 19
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- In article <C15CLw.9zq@micrognosis.co.uk> jharuni@micrognosis.co.uk writes:
- >I wrote:
- >[What is a good way to write "10 pounds" other than spelling it out in full ?]
- >
- >Thanks for all your responses. Looks like "GBP 10" is the winner. I prefer
- >it to either #10 or L10.
- >
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- What do you call "#"? In this thread it's been "hash", "hatch" and
- "sharp". I've also seen "gate" (on instructions for Prestel).
-
- Best of all though is in the docs for PC AWK: there it's called "the
- octothorp". My dictionary doesn't believe this and I'm not sure I do.
- Anyone else heard it?
-
- Richard
- [s0rah@exnet.co.uk]
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