Re: [lojban] RE:character names

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

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

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