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- From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Symbol for pound sterling
- Message-ID: <727971604.6897@minster.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 14:20:05 GMT
- References: <C174JH.Iq@exnet.co.uk>
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England
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- R A Hollands (s0rah@exnet.co.uk) wrote:
- > 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).
- >
- > 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]
-
- Yes, check the ASCII guide in The New Hacker's Dictionary!
- I've seen octothorpe used for '#' in US computer manuals for quite a long time,
- certainly as far back as 80-ish...
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- pete
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