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   Frank Slootweg to nospam   
   Re: The World Still Loves Windows XP 15    
   22 Apr 17 18:17:13   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   nospam  wrote:   
   > In article , Steve Hayes   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > > >> >>  there was no hash key on the screen.   
   > > >> >   
   > > >> >"hash" = "pound" = "sharp" =  "octothorp" = "tic-tac-toe-board" =   
   > > >> >"number".   
   > > >> >   
   > > >> >'Zat help :-) ? Cheers, -- tlvp   
   > > >>   
   > > >> There wasn't a pound (£) key either.   
   > > >   
   > > >the # key is normally called a pound key, less often the other listed   
   > > >names.   
   > >   
   > > £ is normally a "pound"   
   >   
   > for money yes. for phones, no.   
   >   
   > > # is a hash, or in certain constexts, a sharp. Calling it a "pound"   
   > > key is very abnormal.   
   >   
   > it's not abnormal at all. it's the most common name.   
      
     Only in your US-centric world, it is.   
      
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