Today's word is pretty cool. As a matter of fact, you probably use one of these almost every day!
O is for: Octothorpe
An octothorpe is one of these bad boys: #. An octothorpe goes by many names, none really more correct than the next: pound sign, hash sign, hex, sharp, number sign, and even thud in some remote instances. It's really just whatever you prefer to say.
However . . .
Octothorpe is actually the least ambiguous of them all. Pound, hash, hex, sharp, and thud are all homonyms. Octothorpe is not, which makes it the clearest choice! Aren't you glad you now know? :)
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8 comments:
LOL How did I live without this knowledge?
I am glad I now know! I hear knowing is half the battle.
how informative! :D glad to have met you through the a-z
nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
Okay, I learned something today, so now i should be able to go home... right?
AmberLaShell Rants
LOL, I had to read that 3 times before it penetrated my thick skull 8-).
But thank you for enlightening me on octothorpes.
and here I was calling it a number sign tic tac board all these years
How have I gone my entire life without knowing this? This is much better then the innuendos the slang terms give. After all, don't you feel a bit dirty pressing the "pound" sign? I'll have to start using this more often.
Poop
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