[ExI] #Pound[was Lions etc]

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Wed Sep 29 07:43:13 UTC 2010


2010/9/28 <ablainey at aol.com>

> What is it with people using # (Hash) and saying pound?  There is a
> perfectly good £ (pound) sign on the keyboard.
>

Not on my keyboard there isn't, and not on most keyboards I've seen.  (I'm
in Silicon
Valley, so I suspect this isn't just due to local specialized keyboards.)

Also, # is used for "pound" in the weight (as opposed to monetary) sense.
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