Hahabogus > wrote in
:

> Rhonda Anderson > wrote in
> .5:
>
>> Aah, now I can see why you would expect someone in the US to know
>> that was a pound sign. Here, the automated phone systems say
>> "followed by the hash key". That's the only name I've ever heard
>> that key/symbol called by.
>>
>> Rhonda Anderson
>> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>>
>>
>
> In America the # (Octothorpe) is the shift 3 key combo. In the UK the
> shift 3 key combo is the stylized L pound symbol (£). Octothorpe isn't
> a comfortable or well known word,

"Please enter your credit card number followed by the octothorpe key.."
mmm, guess it doesn't flow quite as well, does it? It's the shift 3 key
combo on our keyboards too.

Thanks for the info.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia