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June 21, 2008 5:06 AM   Subscribe

What is this character: §. And what is it's use?

I believe it signifies in the context of RSS feeds that a message only contains text in the subject line. A confirmation would be great and reference to a table of similar characters and their use would be great as well.
Thank you
posted by strangelove to Education (6 answers total)
 
Best answer: Wikipedia says it's a "Section" symbol, used to refer to different parts of a document.
Section Sign

There's a whole section about punctuation on wikipedia.
posted by lucidium at 5:12 AM on June 21, 2008


In the US legal system it is used to pinpoint a specific part of a cited statute. For example, 17 U.S.C. § 102. In contrast, the English and Canadian legal systems would use "s" in the same place, ie The Telecommunications Act, s. 102.
posted by modernnomad at 5:14 AM on June 21, 2008


It's a section symbol, and in the legal profession in particular (in the U.S., anyway) it's used in citing statutes.
posted by AV at 5:15 AM on June 21, 2008


Response by poster: Prompt responses, thank you all.
Question closed.
posted by strangelove at 5:16 AM on June 21, 2008


It's also the simolean.
posted by theiconoclast31 at 8:12 AM on June 21, 2008


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posted by mumkin at 11:31 AM on June 21, 2008


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