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Everyone knows the asterisk, the pound sign and the “at” symbol, but what about their lesser-known cousins? See how well you fare when you try to match up the obscure and semi-obscure punctuation marks with their names.
Take the Quiz: “$#@!”
# Octothorpe.
posted by Jersey Petey on 11-17-2009 at 9:11 am
We all know the pound sign? Probably not, at least by that name… it’s called the hash symbol in New Zealand (and probably in the UK too)
posted by Gwan on 11-17-2009 at 11:56 am