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Are you sure about that? Pounds weight has its own symbol, ℔ (U+2114, http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2114/index.htm http://www.fileformat.info/inf
by david-given 10y ago
Are you sure about that? Pounds weight has its own symbol, ℔ (U+2114, http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2114/index.htm http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2114/index.htm if HN won't show it).
I've always known # as representing "number", which is why you see it in lists: #1, #2, #3 etc.
- Symbiote 10y agoDraw ℔ very carelessly, and you end up with #. # is never, ever, ever called the "pound sign" in Britain or Ireland. That's always £.
- ghaff 10y ago# after the number is widely understood to refer to pounds (as in weight) in the US. Not sure how common that use is these days but most people would understand what was meant if they saw it.
- mikestew 10y agoPounds weight has its own symbol, ℔ A symbol that, after many decades of living in the U. S., I'm seeing for the first time just today. In my experience, if it's not written as "lb." or "lbs.", a hash is often used: "#".