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in thread How do I pronounce all this stuff

#   pound, comment, remark (not "hash" because of % :)

The # character should never be pronounced pound. I accept square sign, but £ means pound because it is simply a fancy L, which is short for the latin libra meaning pound. YAA (Yet Another Americanisation ;) ) that came about this time from the difference between UK and US keyboards.

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Re: Re: Re: How do I pronounce all this stuff
by RSevrinsky (Scribe) on Apr 11, 2002 at 08:32 UTC
    # is obviously "sharp". That's how we get "sh-bang" (#!) to start every program!

    - Richie

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      # is obviously "sharp". That's how we get "sh-bang" (#!) to start every program!

      I thought that was "hash bang", but "sharp bang" sounds more logical.

      This is a culture shock, getting used to "sharp" will take a while. 

      Yes, I reinvent wheels.

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Re: Re: Re: How do I pronounce all this stuff
by belg4mit (Prior) on Apr 11, 2002 at 14:38 UTC
    That's a pretty specious argument.

    In any event the name of # is of great debate. There are many terms (most listed in the two links I provided earlier (higher up, below.)

  • The Useless Pages used to have an entire section dedicated to this, I cannot find it now
  • Octothorpe
  • Despite the actual definition I had heard Sesquipedalian as a contender
  • Interesting observation
    • If - is a bithorpe and # is an octothorpe, why isn't * a hexathorpe? And if - is a bithorpe and = is a quadrathorpe, what's +? And furthermore, what's a thorpe?

    --
    perl -pe "s/\b;([mnst])/'\1/mg"

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Re: Re: Re: How do I pronounce all this stuff
by Juerd (Abbot) on Apr 11, 2002 at 07:29 UTC

    The # character should never be pronounced pound.

    #perl (irc channel) is often refered to as "pound perl", and I tend to use "remark" when talking about code. When not in Perl context, I use "hash" for it, but that's far to confusing when talking about Perl code :). 

    Yes, I reinvent wheels.

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