From sentto-44114-3282-962133103-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Tue Jun 27 19:10:54 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 2718 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 19:10:53 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 19:10:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 24003 invoked by uid 40001); 27 Jun 2000 19:12:04 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 23990 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 19:12:00 -0000 Received: from hn.egroups.com (208.50.144.84) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 19:12:00 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-3282-962133103-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.39] by hn.egroups.com with NNFMP; 27 Jun 2000 19:11:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 14945 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 18:37:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m5.onelist.org with QMQP; 27 Jun 2000 18:37:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca) (129.97.134.11) by mta1 with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 18:36:39 -0000 Received: from calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA07121 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:52:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200006271752.NAA07121@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> To: "lojban@onelist.com" In-Reply-To: Message from John Cowan of "Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:52:47 EDT." <3958CDCF.CB32DCE9@reutershealth.com> X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@egroups.com; contact lojban-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:52:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] RE:character names Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John Cowan writes: >pycyn@aol.com wrote: > >> It is important to note that these names are not for the characters per se >> but for them in some particular function. > >Many characters have standardized names that describe only one of their >functions. # is called NUMBER SIGN by ISO and Unicode, but also serves as >a pound (weight) sign in the U.S. You know, I've heard people _call_ it the pound sign, but I've _never_ seen it used that way IRL. -Robin -- http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. ... stripped of our uniqueness as human beings by Darwin, exposed to our own inadequacies by Freud, ... Power -- "the ability to bring about our desires" -- is all that we have left. --- Michael Korda, _Power!_ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0% Introductory APR! Instant Approval! Aria Visa - get yours today. http://click.egroups.com/1/6035/4/_/17627/_/962133103/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com