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From: Sandy McPherson <sandy@wgs.estec.esa.nl>
Subject: Re: the term "pound sign" (was: help: character to integer)
Date: 1996/10/18
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In the UK some people say 'hash sign'. Don't ask me where this comes
from though, it was probably invented by a hippy programmer in the
sixties.

I think the # on US touch tone telephones is called the pound sign,
because one 'pounds' it in desperation when one gets sent in circles by
a computerised answering service!.

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Sandy McPherson	MBCS CEng.	tel: 	+31 71 565 4288 (w)
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