rwhw@5941ux.UUCP (06/09/83)
<thorpe> "thorp"
thorp n. Archaic. A hamlet; village; now chiefly in names of placres. Also
thorpe. [OE. Akin to dorp.]
Octothorpe?............eight hamlets........eight sided village? HA HA.
I thought an # is a sharp.
Roy.......hound!rwhw