On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:25:14 GMT, Rhonda Anderson
> wrote:

>
> 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.

We call it a "hash" mark too. It depends on the situation.

sf