From: fantasai (fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net)
Date: Wed Mar 30 2005 - 01:21:12 CST
Doug Ewell wrote:
> I would add that in English... OK, in Southern California... "pound
> sign" seems to be the most common name of the character even among
> people who have never used it to mean "pounds," and might be totally
> confused if they ever saw a package with "30#" written on it.
Also in New Jersey. And all the (English-speaking) phone systems I've
ever used refer to it as the "pound sign".
~fantasai
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