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- From: dhd@exnet.co.uk (Damon)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
- Message-ID: <C17yEy.7BJ@exnet.co.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:35:21 GMT
- References: <C15CLw.9zq@micrognosis.co.uk> <C174JH.Iq@exnet.co.uk>
- Organization: ExNet Systems Ltd Public Access News, London, UK
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- In article <C174JH.Iq@exnet.co.uk> s0rah@exnet.co.uk (R A Hollands) writes:
- >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.
- >>
- >
- >What do you call "#"? In this thread it's been "hash", "hatch" and
- >"sharp". I've also seen "gate" (on instructions for Prestel).
-
- I call it `hash', but then I call `!' `pling' or `bang' so I may be
- atypical! B^>
-
- BTW, UK#10 seems to be understandable. In Parallelogram (an
- international mag I edit <grin>) no one has complained about my
- notation of which the two most common examples are UK# and US$, but
- also FF and It# have shown up. Not standard, I suppose, but I think
- consistent and understood.
-
- >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?
-
- No; it's very weird...
-
- Damon
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