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On 05/01/16 23:51, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote: > What you term the pound sign, derives from the Latin libra, pound. > The word was altered into livre, £ (1550's), as a French monetary > amount equal to one pound of silver. The unit of measure was > changed to the term franc. Today the same symbol is used as > designation for the English pound - at one time worth one pound > sterling. > > Mark Not just French. It was common across most of Europe, ultimately deriving from the Charlemangne's currency reforms which sought to invoke the Roman Empire's authority. > -----Original Message----- From: > lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org > [mailto:lilypond-user-bounces+carsonmark=ca.rr....@gnu.org] On > Behalf Of J Martin Rushton Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 3:17 PM > To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: When to Use Pound Signs > > Just for the record: "£" is a pound sign, "#" is a hash. Calling > the hash sign a pound sign goes way back to the days of ASCII-7 and > national ASCII variants. The UK national variant had a pound sign > where plain ASCII had a hash. If anyone is _really_ interested, > the £ sign is a capital "L" (for libra, Latin for a pound) with a > line through it, a bit like dollars and letter "S". > > _______________________________________________ lilypond-user > mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJWjFlrAAoJEAF3yXsqtyBln+sP/3BTkc+HvVAa2C1FCG32Gfmb 2V2cMvjCtiXnofpD0r0tiD99t8HxgObq0uByRUT/oQlxcp12kUlesvBbYlyW+3tY nRM7PHgCzhx89tXXI49iA2YRHvmeomhrjmxLAlj3r11n0NuMWAd/s6djFEfyrhs7 Ei9+1l2C813L5o69J2FAmTmALKvM1RCpD59prBjkEOKooRGDzh5GS3hZVKrIpSqp kY53YLft3TwBNEU0IfshJqJCruG8VdfmbqRgsWpwqTMCzJLPQgP2isbDhdHPLDPw ZHb4ojpz9LylsiQJN7MCBbfsCfalGnH18Uqn+USJ5FP6DE/iOYg9P6RWHQSLWty0 nKgb6Cb8p2FzUByv26En+Oc47U2VoetiKaIN/WvSQJNIPb37ngMh1ZT/VrVeT8BZ tUpt6kqJ9Uw9W8yce57FzK1ZORjuIEk99mK4tF8x6i/ktoy+fvsAfFi+uSymWg6i 02Dp88GlY0Z0KHqsW8fBSVh5+bXCf2TGTKucSd9ac8mCyC7kFNxBPXn1cDOLG3tH kZIamaWQKholMal7fh8KgeWylIir0fefiW4oFQr5ai7hAOu8uwYMRmgJHedQL0Bf ak2oWINJ/DjDdZiBeAtktmwuSAJxpopU3U8s0vF0OZ/9u80vTteSy0h8v+XFKwv8 gJsBSyKCrcTV2+3EphWx =zw7C -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
