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The hashtag symbol is also called an octothorpe

Language · Symbols · V6.8 patch 148 / curated weird facts

The # symbol picked up the odd name octothorpe in twentieth-century telephone culture.

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SourceV6.8 patch 148 / curated weird facts
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