Re: When to Use Pound Signs

[Colin Campbell]

On 16-01-05 09:47 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote:
> According to the Unicode Standard 6.2, this is u0023, which is 
> designated Number Sign, and also known equivalently as:
>
> pound sign, hash, crosshatch, octothorpe
>
> I have always called it octothorpe, mostly because it is just such a 
> great word!

I wonder if the spaces delimited by the lines are thorpes? I' also 
carpent for a living, though.

Cheers,
Colin


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