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What about my theory, Candice, that Pound would have been a different sort of bowsie if he had been called Dollar? Mairead On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 [log in to unmask] wrote: > First and best, I'd say (the AmperSandman?). But of course Blake was > a printer and the grandaddy of graphic artist/designers, too, so he > knew the beauty of the analphabetics. > > 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 > > > At 05:00 AM 7/11/00 +1100, you wrote: > >Also you'd miss the work of Blake. > > > >Perhaps the first ampersander? > > > >Alison > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%