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- From: jdmiller@dreamscape.com (Joan Miller)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: How to dial * (star) # (double cross)
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 19:31:05 -0500
- Organization: Dreamscape Online
- Message-ID: <jdmiller-0802961931060001@206.64.128.70>
- References: <4ert8e$sb@mothra.westworld.com> <4f64g6$1rbs@huey.cadvision.com> <4f90k1$25s@gti.gti.net> <4faufp$dge@nntp.interaccess.com>
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- In article <4faufp$dge@nntp.interaccess.com>, geletka@interaccess.com (Tom
- Geletka) wrote:
-
- >cuthe@gti.net wrote:
- >
- >:In article <4f64g6$1rbs@huey.cadvision.com>, bbergman@westworld.com wrote:
- >:: Bruce, the correct term to describe a # is actually "octothorpe" --
- and, no, I
- >:: did
- >:: not make that up. The pound sign thing is slang. Just in case Alex Trebeck
- >:: ever
- >:: asks... <grin>
- >
- >:Maybe you know the name of the @ symbol, too? I heard it once, but forgot.
- >
- >It is the "commercial at". See
- >http://jasper.ora.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_32.htm#SEC130
-
- Thanks, Tom, for the fun information!
-
- --
- Joan Miller
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