On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 03:11:54 GMT, 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

Welcome to America!

We use # to denote pound... which is weight not money. I
can also steer you to a second grade math unit (by a major
educational publisher) that teaches #.



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