Help needed from British members

[glass]

Yep, the hash key (as everyone has already said!) In fact, I've just learned something, because I had no idea that in the US it wasn't called that!

Maybe in Britain we should start calling it the 'dollar' key, for maximum confusion...


glass.

 

[Rel]

I for one am very much in favor of calling it the "octothorpe" because that just sounds cool. I'm calling it that from now on and when people ask me what I'm talking about I'm telling them that octothorpe is the proper term for that symbol.

Rel - spreading minor disinformation since 1971

 

[reveal]

I for one am very much in favor of calling it the "octothorpe" because that just sounds cool. I'm calling it that from now on and when people ask me what I'm talking about I'm telling them that octothorpe is the proper term for that symbol.

Rel - spreading minor disinformation since 1971

I, for one, welcome our new octothorpe masters.

 

[Zander]

I for one am very much in favor of calling it the "octothorpe" because that just sounds cool. I'm calling it that from now on and when people ask me what I'm talking about I'm telling them that octothorpe is the proper term for that symbol.

Rel - spreading minor disinformation since 1971

"Octothorpe", while rarely used, is not incorrect: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Octothorpe . You are therefore not spreading disinformation in this case. On the contrary, you're helping to inform people.

 

[Rel]

"Octothorpe", while rarely used, is not incorrect: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Octothorpe . You are therefore not spreading disinformation in this case. On the contrary, you're helping to inform people.

Well I understood that from the earlier link but it seems to be far from the most widely accepted term for that symbol. Nonetheless, my crusade in the name of Octothorpe continues!

 

[Zander]

My crusade in the name of Octothorpe continues!

Now there's a sig for you.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

I heard that Octothorpe is going to be the villain in the next Fantastic Four movie.

 

[Waldorf]

But why 'hash?' Why not 'huckleberry,' or 'bogswallow?'

 

[reveal]

But why 'hash?' Why not 'huckleberry,' or 'bogswallow?'

I'm your huckleberry

I'm your bogswallow - That one just doesn't sound right.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Hey, while all these Brits are roaming about - I've got a question for a new PC's background. What age would a recent graduate of say, Oxford, be? In the US, a college grad is typically 21 or 22. And would it have been any different in the late 19th century? THe PC in question would be graduated from Oxford in the 1887-1888 time frame...