Fascinating - I don't remember ever seeing that usage, didn't know it's used for pounds/weight, although I knew "pound sign" is one name for #. Seems the sign e

Fascinating - I don't remember ever seeing that usage, didn't know it's used for pounds/weight, although I knew "pound sign" is one name for #. Seems the sign evolved from "lb" with a horizontal line through it. "When # is after a number, it is read as "pound" or "pounds", meaning the unit of weight. ...rare outside North America." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign#Names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign#Names Reading that page, I learnt the word "octothorpe" was likely invented at Bell Labs in 1968! haha. Gee I thought it was a centuries-old name.