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Chris Gallagher · 3 years ago

Funny seen as shift and 3 produces a £ on windows :)
Shog9 · 3 years ago

So... you ordinarily use some weird keyboard layout that *doesn't* use Shift+3 for '#'?
Or it just isn't marked as such on the Mac...?
Brian Delahunty · 3 years ago

noooo!!! I just realised that I'll have to start valling # pound when I get to the US... NOooooooooooooooo!!!
Paul Watson · 3 years ago

LOL Brian.

And yeah, it isn't marked on the keyboard at all Shog<sup><small>9 from outer space</small></sup>. I didn't presume to try the Windows combination though once I realised it was shift+3 I started presuming more ;)
Ross Grater · 3 years ago

I had some confusion over here in the Americas, because this symbol: # is referred to as "the pound symbol". Really have no idea what thats all about.
Paul Watson · 3 years ago

And in music # represents a sharp. Confusing when Microsoft chose C# (as in sharp, not hash or pound) as a name.