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Fun reading the link, tsuwm. Thanks.
But why is an octothorpe called an octothorpe? I could look it up, but I've looked up by far too many things today.
There are four crisscrossing lines, and there are nine cells created, and a high number of small lines forming each of the nine cells.
So where is the "eight" in all this octothorpe nonsense? Of course, there are eight little bitty lines that stick out from the square in the middle. That must be it, then--those eight little lines. But what about the "thorpe" part?
Best regards,
WW, who is a big laze today
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