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Tony P.
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> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:56:20 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
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> > On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 23:13:47 -0800, sf > wrote:
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> > >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
> >
> > isn't it 'number sign' as well?
> >
> Want to know what it's really called?
> An octothorpe.
3 syllables vs. 1 for pound.
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