symbol sets in British perspective

[Koontz John E]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Carolyn Quintero wrote:
> ... However, on my keyboard, the character above 3 is the
> pound-sign (like tic-tac-toe), or what was in the early days of computing
> around 1982 called "scrunch" by computer folks.  I've called it "scrunch"
> ever since, but not many people know this term?

The only oddity in this line I can think of is that Unix people call
exclamation mark "bang."

JEK