you didn't have a choice for 'number sign' ;_;
although now that I think about it, it *is* a sharp:/
don't b <i>b</i>, don't b #, just b b.
so lame, and without proper musical notation it sucks even worse
you didn't have a choice for 'number sign' ;_;
although now that I think about it, it *is* a sharp:/
don't b <i>b</i>, don't b #, just b b.
so lame, and without proper musical notation it sucks even worse
Other. It's a number sign.
# is a number! DUH!!
Yeah it's a number sign. I remember watching a Dreamweaver tutorial video and the guy kept calling it a pound sign. I didn't know OTHER people did too! £ = pound!! That's it! How can it be a pound??
On the phone it is a pound sign, on the computer, it's a number sign.
Apparently, I have been declared banished.
I always thought it was hash...but that line of thinking can get you in trouble x(
It's a fence..... Or the unlock keys button...
But seriously what's all this pound business? In what context would you use it as pound? £ or lb = pound where does a hash get used for pound? And secondly, what the hell is an Octothorpe?! -_-"
#include < whateva >
it's a pound sign on the telephone, a number sign most other places, but a sharp in music.
where the heck does "hash" come from?
then again, where does "pound" come from? ^_^
I understand "octothorpe", though.
What would you use pound for on a phone????? What is it supposed to do when you press? When would you press it?
It's a Hash, and it's also the grid used to play noughts and crosses
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
I'm gonna say octothorpe cause it makes a funny sound in my head!
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[q]Keith Gordon Irwin in, The Romance of Writing, p. 125 says: "The Italian libbra (from the old Latin word libra, 'balance') represented a weight almost exactly equal to the avoirdupois pound of England. The Italian abbreviation of lb with a line drawn across the letters was used for both weights. The business clerk's hurried way of writing the abbreviation appears to have been responsible for the # sign used for pound." [/q]
As found in wikipedia, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign
Still trying to figure out where hash came from, but it looks to be the 'original'.
dictionary.com didn't give me the origin of hash, but advised that "The pronunciation of "#" as "pound" is common in the US but a
bad idea".
http://dictionary.reference.com/sear...sh%20character
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
# = pound sign, sharp, number
I was wondering why the phone operator kept talking about hash. I was trying to buy some from her, I never knew it was a symbol.
And answering the question, I always though that # was a naught's and crosses board.
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