On Friday 09 December 2005 13:31, Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote:
> This European never heard it before today - but he loves it. Far less
> confusing than "square" anyway, and more amusing than "hash".
>
> If "#" is a pound sign to Americans, what do they (you) call the
> copperplate capital L with a cross-bar that we have called a pound sign
> for the past millennium or two?
>
> ATB
The symbol for currency? "Pound", of course.
Such a lovely, malleable language we share.
Cheers,
Hoyt
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