Re: GrandStaff vertical distance

[Brian Barker]

At 14:40 17/10/2018 -0500, David Wright wrote:
> The # wiki notes that British Telecom used the term "square" for 
> hash at one time.

Surely not? Rather, they presumably used the term "square" for square 
- which is what was on the spare key on early designs of keyboard now 
occupied by the hash character. See
http://www.britishtelephones.com/t94xx.htm .

> I guess this was before the British public had an unambiguous name 
> for it, "pound" being verboten, ...

Indeed: "pound" would have been as silly as "dollar" or "yen" or whatever.

> ... "number" rare, ...

UK usage is "No.", of course.

> ... and "hash" not quite proper in polite society.

Really? Always appropriate in my company!

Brian Barker