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From: westmark!dave@rutgers.edu (Dave Levenson)
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Subject: Re: Octothorpe source
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In article ,(julian macassey) writes:
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>     I am looking for an authoritative reference for the term
> OCTOTHORPE.
...
>     I do know that Octo means eight and Thorpe means beam. So the
> word has some roots.


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Can't you see the eight beams here?

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Dave Levenson
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