Results: Symbols: then and now
Published on 09/26/2015
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Look at the symbol in the picture, and choose what you knew it first as:
Hashtag
13%
218 votes
Number sign
79%
1367 votes
N.A
6%
98 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
58 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
pound sign | 1.26% | 22 |
pound | 0.52% | 9 |
0.29% | 5 | |
tic tac toe | 0.23% | 4 |
pound key | 0.11% | 2 |
pounds | 0.11% | 2 |
musical sharp | 0.06% | 1 |
poundsign | 0.06% | 1 |
pound sighn | 0.06% | 1 |
a pound sigh | 0.06% | 1 |
both | 0.06% | 1 |
pound as in a # of ground beef | 0.06% | 1 |
pound symbol | 0.06% | 1 |
pound key, or number sign, hashtag (in computer programming, not this social media garbage :d ) | 0.06% | 1 |
pound sign (engineering) | 0.06% | 1 |
a dash. | 0.06% | 1 |
the above two a | 0.06% | 1 |
also, as pound on a telephone pad. | 0.06% | 1 |
number sign, pound, hashtag in that order | 0.06% | 1 |
tic tac toe board | 0.06% | 1 |
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2.
What about this sign, what did you know it as first?:
Is originally an accounting and commercial invoice abbreviation meaning "at a rate of"
15%
265 votes
For the word "at"
62%
1085 votes
Inserted in emails
16%
286 votes
N.A
6%
96 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
9 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
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i'm | 0.06% | 1 |
the above two and pounds! | 0.06% | 1 |
all the above | 0.06% | 1 |
at | 0.06% | 1 |
tagging someone | 0.06% | 1 |
and | 0.06% | 1 |
each at | 0.06% | 1 |
0.06% | 1 | |
cash register....?? of items @ ?? price | 0.06% | 1 |
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3.
Last sign(s):
The symbols used to make arrows
10%
180 votes
Knew these first as less than and greater than
82%
1428 votes
N.A
7%
126 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
7 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
---|---|---|
0.17% | 3 | |
l | 0.06% | 1 |
left or right | 0.06% | 1 |
diamond club | 0.06% | 1 |
algebra | 0.06% | 1 |
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