On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:33:44 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:03:07 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> 
>>clipka wrote:
>>> where we'd replace some rarely-used characters with the German
>>> umlauts,
>>
>>I'm pretty sure this is why Americans call "#" the "pound sign." It's on
>>the keyboard in the same place the Brits put their currency marker.
> 
> I've often wondered why Americans call "#" the pound sign and was going
> to ask you but since my name is Stephen :P I looked it up. Interesting.

The technical name is the "octothrope" IIRC.

What do you call "*"?

Jim

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