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MCFCOK | 18:32 Fri 09th Jan 2004 | People & Places
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What is the correct word for the British Pound symbol (�)
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What's wrong with "pound sterling symbol" or "pound sterling sign"?
20:20 Fri 09th Jan 2004
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Nothing wrong, but there is a technical word for it and that is what I am after.
20:50 Fri 09th Jan 2004
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I have a feeling it stand for 'livre' - does that ring any bells?
20:56 Fri 09th Jan 2004
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This was in the paper this week, and though it is for Libri (pounds in Latin) it is really a letter L and is only called a pound sign as it was never used for anything else.
21:05 Fri 09th Jan 2004
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See: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutsy
mbols/poundsign?view=uk
22:00 Fri 09th Jan 2004

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