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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:33:44 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:03:07 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
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>>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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