On 2003.07.13, 00:19, Michael Everson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote me off list, but the I guess this is marginally interesting for all:
> At 21:54 +0100 2003-07-12, Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin wrote: > >> This symbol is called in Portuguese "_cifr�o_", and most people don't >> really know that it is also used for other currencies abroad. > > People don't know that it's used for the US dollar? Mostely, no, they do not -- or at least they do not notice it as such, though it is evident from TV and cinema, f.i. Actually, people do (or did) not saw that symbol as a _escudo_ sign, but rather as a common symbol for money and related subjects. (Meanwhile, the correct symbol for this semantics, U+00A4, is/was virtually unknown in Portugal.) A common joke is/was to replace "S" by "$", implying an accusation of greed or corruption -- the usual targets being the portuguese socialist and social-democratic parties: P.$. and P.$.D. And that symbol is always called "_cifr�o_", never "_d�lar_" OSLT, even among otherwise anglophile computer geeks. -- ____. Ant�nio MARTINS-Tuv�lkin, | ()| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |####| R. Laureano de Oliveira, 64 r/c esq. | PT-1885-050 MOSCAVIDE (LRS) N�o me invejo de quem tem | +351 934 821 700 carros, parelhas e montes | http://www.tuvalkin.web.pt/bandeira/ s� me invejo de quem bebe | http://pagina.de/bandeiras/ a �gua em todas as fontes |
