Then there is always the pound sign used at least in the U.S. to indicate weight like 10# (lb.), and we can't forget about the # key on a phone, which is always referred to as the pound key.
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Jim,
> Maybe in North America, but until the internet became widespread I > knew it only as a sharp sign in music notation.
Actually, the sharp sign is a different character, ? versus #.
The octothorp has a long and storied history:
Shal
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