[GreenKeys] Why has the '#' symbol been called a number sign, pound sign, and now 'hashtag'?

[hwhall at compuserve.com]

 >Someone just wrote me and pointed out:
>You can find plenty of 19th century (pre teletype) commercial documents where 
># is used to mean pounds.


I agree, I've seen really old business documents that used it for pounds & I even worked once for a guy that used that convention.

 

 Wayne
WB4OGM


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net>
To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, Jun 11, 2017 12:05 pm
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Why has the '#' symbol been called a number sign, pound sign, and now 'hashtag'?




Someone just wrote me and pointed out:



You can find plenty of 19th century (pre teletype) commercial documents where # is used to mean pounds.



Oh well. Like most stuff out there - can't believe much of anything you find these days. Sad, isn't it?


I guess it is time to stop posting stuff I come across....

Paul


On Jun 11, 2017, at 6:33 PM, Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> wrote:



I was doing some research on the US dollar sign and the problems with telex/teletype machines in Germany sending an answerback when they receive it, and came across this rather interesting article which covers the pound sign (which is named such because of teletype days!)



https://www.quora.com/Why-has-the-symbol-been-called-a-number-sign-pound-sign-and-now-hashtag



Paul

W2TTY


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