Pound sign (was Re: the Telephone Test)

[Peter da Silva]

In article <2015 at dlvax2.datlog.co.uk>, gis at datlog.co.uk ( Ian Stewartson ) writes:
> In passing, I noticed that the SOED defines a dollar with two vertical lines
> and not the single line on my keyboard.

The US dollar is supposed to have 2 vertical lines (it's derived from
overstriking U and S). The dollar symbol with one vertical line is actually
the Australian dollar sign (derived from overprinting A and S and deciding
that it looks too much like the US dollar sign, and so simplifying it).

All rather academic at this point.
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