>>>>> "Olly" == Olly Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Olly> If you ask someone in the UK to draw you a `pound sign' you'll
Olly> get one of these: `£' (that's the British currency symbol in
Olly> case something is eating high bits or you aren't reading this in
Olly> latin1). And in fact the HTML entity `£' refers this
Olly> character.
Olly> Anyway, `@PND@' is a poor mnemonic for UK users - perhaps
Olly> there's a better choice? Is `hash' (@HSH@) a globally
Olly> recognised name for `#', or is that a UK-only usage?
Olly> Or `number sign' (@NUM@ or @NMB@)? Not in very common usage
Olly> here, but at least not ambiguous.
Sorry, I confess I picked up this name not knowing how `#' is actually
called. It wanted something quickly and did not take the time to
check how appropriate it was.
Anyway, we are moving to quadrigraphs now :)
Akim
