The number sign and the pound sign have always been the same character in all the years I've been typing, whether on typewriters or on computers--the difference is whether the symbol is placed immediately before the figures, number sign, or whether it were placed after the figures, the pound sign. The British monitary symbol may well be different, though, and I don't know what that is without looking at an ASCII table. Is that what was being referred to? Louis Gosselin -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Allen Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:55 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: something strange with the notetaker Hi cliff and list: Just one correction. Number sign is not the same character as the Pound sign. They are two different ASCII characters. As far as book port's pronunciation goes, it pronounces all the characters correctly, such as number for number and dollar for dollar. Cheers, Dave