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Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:thisisbogus-
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>
> I believed it for a while. My antenna flew up when it didn't know what
> a pound sign is.

Barb, was that the reference to the # sign? The only reason I know that's a
pound sign was that I read it on here <g - does that mean I'll send your
antennae flying too??>, though I'm not in the USA. I may have already asked
this at sometime over the years, but if so I can't remember. Is this usage
widespread across the US, or is it regional? Is it in current use - e.g. at
shops etc.? Just curious.

I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds. Of course labelling
etc. is in metric. However, even in old recipes I've always just seen "lb"
used.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia