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The story of the hashtag begins sometime around the fourteenth century, with the introduction of the Latin abbreviation “lb,” for the Roman term libra pondo, or “pound weight.” Like many standard abbreviations of that period, “lb” was written with the addition of a horizontal bar, known as a tittle, or tilde ..


12 posted on 12/04/2018 6:49:34 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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"The story of the hashtag begins sometime around the fourteenth century, with the introduction of the Latin abbreviation “lb,” for the Roman term libra pondo, or “pound weight.” Like many standard abbreviations of that period, “lb” was written with the addition of a horizontal bar, known as a tittle, or tilde .."

I didn't know that - it's interesting. Any good site for further reading?

17 posted on 12/04/2018 9:34:03 AM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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