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Offline wrjones

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BBC Teletext
« on: Friday 02 November 07 09:46 GMT (UK) »
I spend quite a lot of time reading the News on BBC Teletext,and the past few days,I have been a little puzzled by a new symbol that has appeared.It is in relation to amounts of money in British Pounds.It is a Capital A with a dot at the top,and it appears just before the £ sign.Can anyone enlighten me as to this sign,and any significance it may have?

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William Russell Jones
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Wrexham.
Jones, Griffiths. Stephens, Parry, Gabriel, Conway, Hughes, Evans, Roberts, Lea, Hanmer. Peake, Edwards. Newnes, Davies. Thomas. "Blythin".
All North Wales.
Conway, Durber, Cartlidge, Lovatt, Bebington. Brindley, Sankey, Brunt. Dean. Clewes. Rhodes. Mountford,Walker,Bache, "Gibbons"Hood. Taylor
All Stoke-on-Trent.
Francis - Nantwich Cheshire.
Dennell - Cheshire/Staffordshire.
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Re: BBC Teletext
« Reply #1 on: Friday 02 November 07 15:09 GMT (UK) »
Perhaps it's a new way of writing GBP  :)

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Re: BBC Teletext
« Reply #2 on: Friday 02 November 07 15:37 GMT (UK) »
William
It has puzzled me as well.
The little dot is actually a ^ mark, But I still don't know what they are playing at.
Peter

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Re: BBC Teletext
« Reply #3 on: Friday 02 November 07 15:42 GMT (UK) »
I wonder what the A could possibly stand for?

Regards
William Russell Jones
Cefn Mawr
Wrexham.
Jones, Griffiths. Stephens, Parry, Gabriel, Conway, Hughes, Evans, Roberts, Lea, Hanmer. Peake, Edwards. Newnes, Davies. Thomas. "Blythin".
All North Wales.
Conway, Durber, Cartlidge, Lovatt, Bebington. Brindley, Sankey, Brunt. Dean. Clewes. Rhodes. Mountford,Walker,Bache, "Gibbons"Hood. Taylor
All Stoke-on-Trent.
Francis - Nantwich Cheshire.
Dennell - Cheshire/Staffordshire.
Talbot-Shropshire
Census Information Is Crown Copyright,from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: BBC Teletext
« Reply #4 on: Friday 02 November 07 15:46 GMT (UK) »
I've come across this before on another forum. Is it something to do with the ASCI code for £  on non GB keyboards  :-\

Maybe they've changed their equipment.

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Re: BBC Teletext
« Reply #5 on: Friday 02 November 07 16:26 GMT (UK) »
Many thanks JoMc,but for those of us who are not technically minded,we will have to have a translation!

Regards
William Russell Jones
Cefn Mawr
Wrexham.
Jones, Griffiths. Stephens, Parry, Gabriel, Conway, Hughes, Evans, Roberts, Lea, Hanmer. Peake, Edwards. Newnes, Davies. Thomas. "Blythin".
All North Wales.
Conway, Durber, Cartlidge, Lovatt, Bebington. Brindley, Sankey, Brunt. Dean. Clewes. Rhodes. Mountford,Walker,Bache, "Gibbons"Hood. Taylor
All Stoke-on-Trent.
Francis - Nantwich Cheshire.
Dennell - Cheshire/Staffordshire.
Talbot-Shropshire
Census Information Is Crown Copyright,from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: BBC Teletext
« Reply #6 on: Friday 02 November 07 16:29 GMT (UK) »
I apologise, I meant ASCII. I missed the second I  :-\

It's best if you read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

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Re: BBC Teletext
« Reply #7 on: Friday 02 November 07 19:47 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: JoMc on Friday 02 November 07 16:29 GMT (UK)

It's best if you read this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

JoMc

You're joking, of course!   ;D

You'll need a Master's Degree to make sense of that.  Or at least an "-ology" in something or other! ::)




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Re: BBC Teletext
« Reply #8 on: Friday 02 November 07 20:44 GMT (UK) »
 ;D ;D ;D

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