RE: Slang for money [was: Re: Backup Consensus?]
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> From: Pigeon [mailto:jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:14 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Slang for money [was: Re: Backup Consensus?]
>
> I tend to use terms like "quid" or "pound" because I still expect
> pound (£) signs to be turned into hash (#) signs by non-British
> equipment. To make matters worse, Americans sometimes call hash signs
> pound signs, so asking "did my pound signs come out OK" can get a
> misleading answer. Puzzles me a bit - I thought # was an American
> symbol anyway - does it just have two American names, one of which is
> better at crossing oceans? (Because "pound" is heavy, and sinks?)
>
> Pigeon
"#" has several names but most will be lost on non-techies. I'm not even
sure why we call it the pound symbol since we Americans usually abbreviate
pounds (the unit of weight) with the equally cryptic "lbs."
The many names of "#" that I know:
The tic-tac-toe symbol
The hash
The pound
The octothorpe (don't ask)
The comment character
All of these names are terrible. I like hash because then the omnipresent
"#!" becomes the hash-bang, or shebang for short.
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