How Do You Pronounce "#define"?
D'Arcy J.M. Cain
darcy at druid.uucp
Sat Dec 16 00:37:16 AEST 1989
In article <1454 at skye.ed.ac.uk> ken at aiai.UUCP (Ken Johnson) writes:
>
>I can't imagine that anyone doesn't know this already, but the UK Pound
>sign is not # but a crossed-out script L . therefore, talking about
>`pound define', `the pound sign' etc. is only going to confuse us here!
>
What makes you think it refers to pound sterling? '#' is shorthand for
pounds weight (2000# = 1 ton) I don't think anyone on this side of the
pond thinks the '#' means pound sterling.
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