[GreenKeys] Why has the '#' symbol been called a number sign, pound sign, and now 'hashtag'?

[Jeffrey D Angus]

On 6/11/2017 1:04 PM, Paul Heller wrote:
> Someone just wrote me and pointed out:
>
>> You can find plenty of 19th century (pre teletype) commercial
>> documents where # is used to mean pounds.
Basically, #5 mean "number five."
On the other hands, 5# meant "five pounds."
> Oh well. Like most stuff out there - can't believe much of anything
> you find these days. Sad, isn't it?
Well, the problem is, lack of peer review. Anyone with a keyboard now
can claim to be an expert.
And there's no shortage of people that will buy into what ever is being
spread around as "The truth."
I call it, "You lie, and I'll swear to it."
> I guess it is time to stop posting stuff I come across....
Naaah, just a disclaimer "I found this interesting."

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Jeff-1.0
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