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    Feb 9, 2006, 06:37 AM
    What is the name of this symbol "&"
    What is the name of this symbol "&" does anybody know?
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    Feb 9, 2006, 06:42 AM
    It's called an ampersand.
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    Feb 9, 2006, 07:31 AM
    And now for a bit of trivia. Does anyone know that the official name for this symbol # is not the pound sign but an octothorpe?
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    Feb 19, 2006, 06:37 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Dinakie
    What is the name of this symbol "&" does anybody know?!

    I BELIEVE IT IS CALLED AN AMPERSAND.
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    Feb 23, 2006, 04:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by ScottGem
    And now for a bit of trivia. Does anyone know that the official name for this symbol # is not the pound sign but an octothorpe?
    Members of my family tend to refer to the one on the phone keypad as "the tic-tac-toe button". :D:D:D
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    Mar 1, 2006, 01:52 PM
    I have always called the # symbol the "pound sign" or the "number sign".
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    Mar 1, 2006, 01:57 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by unclejohnny
    I have always called the # symbol the "pound sign" or the "number sign".
    Most people do. But it does have an official name and that's octothorpe.
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    Mar 1, 2006, 04:50 PM
    Years ago when I took Centrex training, the guy from the telephone company called it an octasharp.
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    Mar 1, 2006, 05:21 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by labman
    Years ago when I took Centrex training, the guy from the telephone company called it an octasharp.
    He was mangling it. In fact, it was a Bell Labs employee who named it.

    http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/telecom-ar...the.real.story

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