~n@nblr@chaos.social

Replying to @⁨LilahTovMoon@tech.lgbt⁩

@LilahTovMoon Thank you for featuring one of my minor but very persistent pet-peeves.

While I have your attention, dear reader, have you ever wondered what the # sign on the key opposite the sextile is called? like… really, by the people at Bell Labs?
Octothorp! Here's why:

via: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_s

A fax of a copy of an article in "encore". The salient bit is this: We finally decided in a jocular way to call the pound sign an “Octotherp”. That was because it had eight points and “therp” sounded Greek and also seemed to go well with the “octo” portion of the word.
A fax of a copy of an article in "encore". The salient bit is this: We finally decided in a jocular way to call the pound sign an “Octotherp”. That was because it had eight points and “therp” sounded Greek and also seemed to go well with the “octo” portion of the word.