Pound sign (was Re: the Telephone Test)

[Norman Diamond]

In article <954 at krafla.rhi.hi.is> einari at rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason) writes:

>I just thought I should give my $0.02 worth.  Why don't we just pronounce it

You mean your                    #0.01 worth   :-)

>as: "ASCII-THIRTY-FIVE"   ???????????????????????????????????????????????

Speaking of which, how do you pronounce ASCII?  I always thought that
was what you put in the lock to get into your girlfriend's apartment.
(Stolen from some published source long ago...)

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