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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)
  • Pound sign: £
  • Hash: #
  • Octothorpe: Thorpe, Thorpe, Thorpe, Thorpe, Thorpe, Thorpe, Thorpe, Thorpe
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

£ is pound sterling sign, not pound sign. # is pound sign.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not over here it isn't.

(I'm assuming you're from over there of course)

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm from neither there nor there, but given that there are two signs that can be called pound sign, it's IMO less confusing if you use "pound sterling" sign for the pound sterling, and "pound" sign for the other pound sign

Also the word pound has lost all meaning to me now, it look weird to read or write the word pound

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

There's one word for pound sign. The other thing is called hash