Well, I think its racist and I want it removed On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Forrest Christian (List Account) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps because someone somewhere decided that something like 3# means 3 > pounds. > > Now as to why anyone would choose that symbol as a representation of > pounds, well, that's a total mystery to me. > > I usually call it the number sign or pound symbol. > On Jun 30, 2015 9:47 AM, "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I call it pound, but I can think of no sensible reason why it would be >> called that. >> >> >> >> On 6/30/2015 11:45 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> >> The compiler of this list left out “tic tac toe”. >> I normally call it hash or pound. >> >> >> >> The Hash character (#) is called by many names: >> >> - gate >> - sharp >> - crosshatch >> - numeral sign >> - number sign >> - pound sign >> - octothorp >> - octothorpe >> - "the square key" at one telephone banking company >> - square (on some British Telecom services, e.g. when activating call >> divert) >> >> >> -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
