Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!cca!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!houxf!5941ux!rwhw From: rwhw@5941ux.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: a # is a sharp? .... octothorpe defined (almost) Message-ID: <278@5941ux.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Jun-83 09:54:53 EDT Article-I.D.: 5941ux.278 Posted: Thu Jun 9 09:54:53 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Jun-83 14:17:31 EDT Lines: 13"thorp" thorp n. Archaic. A hamlet; village; now chiefly in names of placres. Also thorpe. [OE. Akin to dorp.] Octothorpe?............eight hamlets........eight sided village? HA HA. I thought an # is a sharp. Roy.......hound!rwhw