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Mike in Japan Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Origin of the $ symbol
Does anyone know the origin of the $ symbol?
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check this brief history for the origin of the $ symbol
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxorigin.html
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxorigin.html
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Thanks very much Moijelesuis. I recently had a student try to tell me that the downstroke represented the cliffs at Gibraltar, and that the S stood for Spain!
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
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