210314 Hash … as in octothorp (#)

By March 21, 2014 zBlog Archives

210314_LRThere aren’t many ways of interpreting octothorp, as it is a relatively new word (attested 1960s) and only has one meaning: ‘The hash sign (#), as it appears on the buttons of touch-tone telephones and some other keypads’ (OED). But after snapping a few dull grey keypads, I was lucky enough to find this bright red phone.

Day #80 of a 365 project, where the daily pic is informed by theĀ OED word of the day.