In article >, Rhonda
Anderson > wrote:
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in news:thisisbogus-
> :
>
> >
> > 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
Rhonda, when I call my bank -- or darned near anyplace else that uses an
automated phone system -- the instructions for navigating the system
will almost always include "followed by the pound sign". It's onall the
phones. Sorry, luv, but it is inconceivable to me that it doesn't know
what a pound sign is. Does not compute.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Winter Carnival ice sculpture pics
added 1-30-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.