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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <45CdnawZwpsVd2nFnZ2dnUU7-XWdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Wildman   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   > > We switched to the metric system in 1971, but even before that I   
   > > never, ever heard # referred to as a "pound sign". Back then the only   
   > > thing I knew it as was sharp.   
   > >   
   > > It was only after the edvent of personal computers about 8-10 years   
   > > later that I heard it referred to as "hash".   
   >   
   > I live in the US and I'm 67 years old.  Growing up the '#' sign   
   > had three meanings depending on the context.  If used in music,   
   > it was the sharp sign.  If it was placed before a number, it is   
   > the number sign, i.e., #1 means number one.  If it came after a   
   > number, it was the pound sign, meaning weight as in 16 ounces.   
   > It never had anything to do with money.  As you said the term   
   > hash came later.  Also, '#!' that is used in Bash scripts is   
   > called 'she-bang' and later became 'hash-bang'.  Note that the   
   > exclamation point became 'bang'.   
      
   context is everything.   
      
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