Re^2: Reading lines beginning with pound # ignored

I was confused too and checked Wikipedia, apparently # derives from an older symbol for some pound unit to measure mass.

> ... pound sign. The symbol has historically been used for a wide range of purposes including the designation of an ordinal number and as a ligatured abbreviation for pounds avoirdupois – having been derived from the now-rare ℔

For me a pound is 500g = weight of half a liter water at sea level; with a liter = 1000 cmł (yes the metric system is sooo boring ;)

The pound sterling OTOH is much lighter nowadays ;)

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Re^3: Reading lines beginning with pound # ignored by soonix (Chancellor) on Jun 19, 2023 at 21:34 UTC
Yes, I remember when I was a child, some People would abbreviate the german word for pound (weight) - "Pfund" - like this, which seems to be derived from `℔` (or `"\N{L B BAR SYMBOL}"`) and has a very rough resemblance with "`#`".	[reply] [d/l]