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- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 18:57:00 GMT
- From: ramrod!chrisc@lmt.mn.org (Chris Cox)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: How do You Pronounce "#"
- Message-ID: <telecom12.698.8@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- In article <telecom12.684.8@eecs.nwu.edu> rjhawkin@mothra.syr.edu (The
- Virtual Kid) writes:
-
- > Oh, I always thought the "#" sign was an abbrivation of the word
- > -number- after all, some address books say "phone #:".
-
- I believe that he only truly international pronunciation of the '#'
- character is the sharp sign - as in music. It seems that that is how
- Sun Microsystems describe it. I'm not saying that they are linguistic
- experts, mind you!
-
- Certainly in REAL English (as opposed to American English) it is NOT a
- symbol for the word pound.
-
- You are correct, however, in stating that it is commonly used to
- denominate the word number.
-
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