If you are, unlike myke ;-), into octothorpes and their ilk then you
could subscribe to "A Word A Day". Each day you get a free new shiny
word such as octothorpe to keep you amused or bemused.

To subscribe:

http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/

Wish to share your love of words with a family member or a friend?
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-----Original Message-----
From: myke predko <myke@PASSPORT.CA>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] English name


>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.
>
>The correct name seems to be "octothorpe" and it's a wonderful tool
to guage
>people.
>
>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.
>
>
>I hope everyone has a great (and safe) labour day!
>
>myke
>
>Check out the "Handbook of Microcontrollers" as a reference for
embedded
>microcontrollers including information on the Intel 8051, Motorola
68HC05,
>Microchip PICMicro, Atmel AVR and Parallax Basic Stamp:
>
>http://www.myke.com/#MCUHand
>
>
>Hunter S. Thompson's quest for the American Dream, this week in the
Book Room.
>
>http://www.myke.com/Book_Room/book1a.htm
>