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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Why is it an octothorp? #37704 08/07/2001 2:08 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 There was a post a long time ago that quoted a AT&T researcher as saying that when the dial telephone was being developed, they needed a new symbol, and invented the name octothorp for it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Why is it an octothorp? wofahulicodoc 08/07/2001 1:24 AM Re: Why is it an octothorp? Brandon 08/07/2001 1:33 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/07/2001 1:35 AM Re: Why is it an octothorp? belligerentyouth 08/07/2001 9:51 AM Re: Why is it an octothorp? Faldage 08/07/2001 11:30 AM Re: Why is it an octothorp? rodward 08/07/2001 11:35 AM Re: and what is a single thorp? maverick 08/07/2001 11:42 AM Re: and what is a single thorp? Rapunzel 08/07/2001 12:25 PM Re: and what is a single thorp? of troy 08/07/2001 4:50 PM Re: and what is a single thorp? wwh 08/07/2001 5:18 PM Re: and what is a single thorp? Faldage 08/07/2001 5:24 PM Re: and what is a single thorp? RhubarbCommando 08/08/2001 2:11 PM thorp and dorp NicholasW 08/10/2001 11:06 AM Re: thorp and dorp maverick 08/10/2001 2:35 PM Re: Left banana, right banana, top banana, floor. Faldage 08/07/2001 11:58 AM Re: Why is it an octothorp? Bingley 08/08/2001 3:51 AM Other Names for the Octothorp Brandon 08/07/2001 2:49 PM Re: Why is it an octothorp? Marianna 08/07/2001 10:43 AM Re: Why is it an octothorp? wwh 08/07/2001 2:08 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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