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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 12:46:08 GMT
- From: smazu@ameris.ameritech.com (Steven P. Mazurek)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: How do You Pronounce "#"
- Message-ID: <telecom12.706.12@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 706, Message 12 of 13
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- In article <telecom12.684.8@eecs.nwu.edu>, rjhawkin@mothra.syr.edu
- (The Virtual Kid) writes:
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- > In article <telecom12.653.5@eecs.nwu.edu> disk!tony@uunet.UU.NET
- > (tony) writes:
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- > Oh, I always thought the "#" sign was an abbrivation of the word
- > -number- after all, some address books say "phone #:".
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- In at least on document I've seen it referred to as an "octothorpe",
- but I've never found a dictionary with this word.
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- Steven P. Mazurek | Email : {...,uunet,bcr,ohumc}!ameris!smazu
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- [Moderator's Note: An octothorpe is the term you see used here in the
- Digest frequently. PAT]
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