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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
This symbol has several descriptions. Texan by choice, not accident of birth | ||
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Delusions of Adequacy |
"Sharp" I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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I agree - I started learning music before I learned the others. Good Catch I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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Amateur Astronomer |
I was taught it was called the octothorpe, later the pound sign Alcohol Tobacco Firearms Who brought the chips and dip? Jim | |||
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eh-TEE-oh-clez |
Is it strange that I called it different things depending on context? For instance, if the instructions were to dial "#277" then I would say "Pound Two Seven Seven" because "number" would sound weird. But if I wanted to give someone instructions to write "We're #1", I would say "Write We're Number 1, using the number symbol." Now, if wanted someone to tag a photo with some metadata, then I would call it a hashtag. | |||
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+1 ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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| On the wrong side of the Mobius strip  |
There is also the C# (pronounced "C-sharp") programming language. I learned to call it number at first. Then pound. I prefer never to use hashtag. | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
Octothorpe/sharp/titactoe/hak/pound sign depending on the context. | |||
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Truth Seeker |
Always been a pound sign to me. I don’t use Twitter so I don’t even know how the hashtag thing works. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Those who said "octothorpe" are almost correct. It is "octothorp." No 'e' on the end. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Always known it as the pound sign. I don’t hashtag. Anyone know what this is called? #! | |||
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| אַרְיֵה |
Octothorp! הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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Info Guru |
This is what I do as well. Never did any music so I've never even heard of the octo thing. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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I'll use the Red Key |
Number as in part # Pound sign on a phone Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless. | |||
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#octothorp | |||
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A Grateful American |
The # is "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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I always thought of it as a number or a pound sign. I'm 43...hashtag "old-old" according to my kids.   “People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik Be harder to kill: https://preparefit.ck.page | |||
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| Big Stack |
Octothorpe. Do (pronounced like "dough"), the equivalent of 11 in the duodecimal (dozenal) numbering system (which is why it's on the phone dial.) | |||
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When I was in software development, it was "splat" ! was a "bang" ' was a "tick" " was a "double tick" $ was a "string" -.---.----.. -.---.----.. -.---.----.. It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
Oops--forgot about that one! Never heard of "octothorp", though. According to Wikipedia, when used in Twitter it should only be called "hash"--the "hashtag" is everything including the "#" and what follows it. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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