Word Delight of the Day
Regularly I stumble across new words.
Here’s today’s tidbit that bit my tid in the best way.
octothorpe (#)
and here I’ve been calling it a ‘hash’ for decades. Silly me.
Bang, Splat, Octothorpe… hm. maybe the Unix kids have something there. (hi Jay Biddle)
Go read about it, you have your sources, I have mine.
Ok, ok, whiners…
- reading that link I found that the character itself is a joke. $2 in petty cash to the first one that gets it.
- what’s it describing and why are such pivotal to child care
- Bonus points to the first one that can point out why OCTO *is* the proper Latin to begin, not NANO.
- hint. connections
