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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: anoctothorpe #144744 07/03/05 10:24 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ V Vernon Compton enthusiast Vernon Compton enthusiast V Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 273 NZ Sorry, I must have failed to make myself clear. What surprised me was your statement that "perhaps more people encounter the wrong spelling". As Faldage's Google hit count shows, "anoctothorpe" is A LOT less common online than "octothorpe". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anoctothorpe #144745 07/03/05 12:43 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 people like me assume that it's the right spelling. Just a hint: Don't assume that traveling emails, particularly those labeled "Useless Facts", bear any relation to reality. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anoctothorpe #144746 07/06/05 01:46 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 4 A abigail OP stranger OP abigail stranger A Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 4 Well I'm not sure about that, then. For myself, I've never encountered "octothorpe" before this, but have seen "anoctothorpe" several times. "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." –Rudyard Kipling Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anoctothorpe #144747 07/06/05 06:21 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada E Elizabeth Creith addict Elizabeth Creith addict E Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 500 Northern Ontario, Canada And all through this thread I've been thinking that an anoctothorpe could be an octothorpe with all its little thorpes missing - in other words, a teeny, tiny square. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anoctothorpe #144748 07/08/05 05:15 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta It could be one where all the little thorpes light up at night, a noctothorpe Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anoctothorpe #144749 07/08/05 06:38 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland little thorpes light up at night, a noctothorpe great! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter proctothorpe #144750 07/08/05 06:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 And a proctothorpe is ... well ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: proctothorpe #144751 07/08/05 06:48 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont quick! call Dr. Thorpe! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: proctothorpe #144752 07/08/05 07:02 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Call him what? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: proctothorpe #144753 07/08/05 09:04 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 A paean in the arts? 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