That isn't a pound sign - it's what we used to call in my programming days a
hash. I think this is a British name for it - the sign isn't widely used
over here, and hardly ever in its US sense of 'number'
Best wishes
Matthew
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Date: 10 July 2000 22:25
Subject: Re: ampersands
>Anyone else like the orthograph (aka, "pound sign"): #? I'm fascinated
>by its long history of shifting meanings, beginning with what I think
>was its original usage on early (English?) maps to mark a village (8
>fields around a town square)--Candice
>
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