Pound being a verb rather than a noun in much of the English speaking world is a reasonable excuse for not seeing that meaning instantly
replyIts because we have the metric system over here
replyAmericans manage a further level of confusion by referring to the "pound sign" as #, rather than £, which isn't in US-ASCII nor on the US-102 keyboard layout.
replyYou have to go to Amsterdam for the hash shop
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