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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: followed by the octothorp(e?) #75246 07/07/2002 9:12 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England Has it been noted yet that the octothorpe/hash isn't used over this side of The Pond for "number/no."? Starting to be used now, still rarely, but certainly when I was reading imported comic books in my youth (sigh) the octothorpe threw me a bit. Along with "zip codes" of course. So why's that, then? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted followed by the octothorp(e?) wow 07/06/2002 4:26 PM Re: followed by the octothorp(e?) Wordwind 07/06/2002 6:39 PM Re: followed by the octothorp(e?) tsuwm 07/06/2002 7:02 PM Re: followed by the octothorp(e?) wwh 07/07/2002 12:37 AM Re: followed by the octothorp(e?) FishonaBike 07/07/2002 9:12 PM Re: followed by the octothorp(e?) Wordwind 07/07/2002 10:13 PM octothorp(e?) wofahulicodoc 07/08/2002 9:28 PM Re: Jim Thorpe and the Octothorpe Wordwind 07/09/2002 11:41 AM Re: followed by the octothorp(e?) WhitmanO'Neill 07/09/2002 2:39 PM Re: Jim Thorpe and the Octothorpe wow 07/11/2002 2:32 PM Re: Jim Thorpe and the Octothorpe TEd Remington 07/11/2002 3:14 PM Re: followed by the octothorp(e?) wow 07/07/2002 3:38 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,273 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 6 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,131 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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