At 01:51 PM 9/4/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Paul Britton wrote:
>>In the days of the BBC micro, the '#' hash synbol was called a 'gate' by
>>the BBC, and it's also called that in my company phone users guide.
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>The correct name seems to be "octothorpe" and it's a wonderful tool to guage
>people.
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>I have found that 100% of the people that call it an "octothorpe" are no fun
>at parties and when you meet them for the first time, chances are they're
>wearing a bowtie, irregardless of the weather or situation.

Whew,,, And I make fun of the vocabulary of my co-workers,,, I don't think
I know anybody who even knows the word, let alone use it.  I'll be getting
some mileage out of this one!  Oh,,, in the world of Data General it was a
"crunch"
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'Grif' N7IVS