On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 19:43:08 -0000, taxed and spent wrote:


"Mr Macaw" wrote in message news On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:29:08 -0000, bob_villain
wrote:

On Sunday, March 13, 2016 at 1:22:44 PM UTC-5, Mr Macaw wrote:
What do Americans call this sign? #

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Black holes are where god divided by zero.

number or pound sign depending on use...

It's a hash, or if you insist, number or octothorpe. It most definitely
isn't a pound sign. That's a £. I should know, it's our unit of currency!
We never buy something for #3.25!

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25# sack of potatoes.

Oh that kind of pound, I forgot you still used old weights and measures. The correct symbol for that is "lb". 25# suggests the number of potatoes in the sack.

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Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"