| ??? 03/05/11 16:25 Read: times |
#181436 - octothorp(e) Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Richard Erlacher said:
... as in #3, meaning "number 3". It's a "pound sign" when it follows a number, and it's a "number sign" when it precedes one. That is my preferred usage too, although I think using one of its "official" names would be less confusing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| You say, "Pound"; I say, "Hash" | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| hekje | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| In English? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| clueless | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Confused by "pound" | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| RE: Confused by "pound" | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| We also call it "number" ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| octothorp(e) | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Clarification | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Proper names and colloquialisms | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| @ - "at symbol" | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| A with a tail | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| confusing signs | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Sharp | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Or fights Microsoft battles | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| graphical queue | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| lol | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| yea | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| # name | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| sign | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
We say... | 01/01/70 00:00 |