> > Message: 6
> > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 21:55:42 -0700
> > From: Colin Campbell <address@hidden>
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: When to Use Pound Signs
> > Message-ID: <address@hidden>
> >
> > On 16-01-05 09:47 PM, Andrew Bernard wrote:
> >
> > I wonder if the spaces delimited by the lines are thorpes? I'
also
> > carpent for a living, though.
>
> The main problem with that theory is that there are nine such thorps.
>
The only things there seem to be eight of is the ends
of the line segments comprising it. I also note that a sharp symbol does
not have four perpendicular intersections like the hash/pound/octothorpe
but rather, the horizontal lines are slanted.