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Old February 15th 08, 08:27 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
David Hansen David Hansen is offline
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On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:35:02 +0000 someone who may be Tom Anderson
wrote this:-

There will also be some people who for bizarre reasons not worth going
into think that the symbol pronounced "pound" is a noughts-and-crosses
grid.

Astounding! As any fule know, this is called the octothorpe.

I call it a square.


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David Hansen, Edinburgh
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