On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 04:48:04PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > The '#' has a crapload of names: some I know are [...] > 4) "octothorpe"; I guess this is the typographical name or something. > I even used to know _why_, but I'm too lazy to look it up.
In a book I have, it gives '#' a meaning of "Insert a space" (the context is in revising a text). octo - eight thorp - I saw what this part means a while ago. I think it is village > PS Is there a one character symbol for a shilling? Does anyone other > than the US use the '?' (cent) character? How the hell do I type a > euro character? :-) IIRC, it was '/'. -- Seneca [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
