"janet" > wrote in message
...
>
> hello
> Sorry to bother you .. Just a question which has nothing at all to do with
> cooking...although i often look at your recipes...
> I m english.. left to live in marseille france
> 35 years ago when this sign didn t exist
> #
> What the "Dickens" does it mean and what is it's name???
>
> Thanks a million
>

Companies' recordings have used a recording message saying, "press the pound
sign." It was reported that not enough people could distinguish between the
pound sign and the asterisk (or star sign) that they had to stop those
instructions.

True or not, I don't know.

# = pound in weight (lb.)
Dee Dee