― Senior Executive/CEO (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
I eventually gave up and went home.
― Ian John50n (orion), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:22 (nineteen years ago) link
i dont really smoke dope
why not just take pills, like the rest of us?
― charltonlido (gareth), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― this kentish weald (gareth), Thursday, 10 March 2005 20:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Senior Executive/CEO (nordicskilla), Thursday, 10 March 2005 21:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 11 March 2005 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link
hi britishes
is "the telegraph" a real newspaper?
maybe there is a "british english" translation problem?
please help me understand this article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5009465/YouTube-spammed-by-US-Congressmen.html
"cheers,"
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
yes, the telegraph is a real newspaper. apart from that can't help you.
― Blackout Crew are the Beatles of donk (jim), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://gifsoup.com/view3/1618417/why-so-serius-federico-o.gif
― the late great, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
WTF with replacing # with £ sign?
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
I don't know why anyone would replace a hash with a pound sign sorry
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link
# was used (and maybe is still used somewhere) to denote pounds, as in the weight, and is still referred to generally as "the pound sign" when you are calling an automated phone line in the uk
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
but i have never seen it used to denote pounds, as in the currency
On my mac keyboard they're both above the three (# is alt+3, £ is shift+3), so could it be an accident? Otherwise I'd guess jim's explanation of "pound sign" is correct.
(Also it's called an octothorpe really)
― emil.y, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
On reflection I want to take back my parenthetical prescriptivist remark. One of its technical names is the octothorpe, which is a good name and a fun thing to know, but that doesn't mean it is the only thing that it is "really" called.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
is still referred to generally as "the pound sign" when you are calling an automated phone line in the uk
is this true? not in my experience, it's usually called Hash
― bovarism, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
oooooh, you know what, i think youre right and it's called the pound sign here (canada)
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
yeah never encountered it being called anything apart from a hash until I left the UK
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
I've heard automated phone lines - with English accents - refer to it as 'pound'.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
I've never in my life heard it described as a pound sign, or used in reference to weights.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
Also the use of it to denote number, #1 or #9, is an American thing fwiw.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
^^^ I use the # for that a lot, because I think it looks good
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
So do I, it's neater, but I remember the first time I saw it used liked that not really knowing what it was - that was a long time ago though!
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNzqgU7na4
― Me and the Major on the Moon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:28 (one year ago) link
So they mean English place names not British place names.
― Fronted by a bearded Phil Collins (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 November 2022 18:42 (one year ago) link