XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Wildman  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 14:04:57 +0000, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >   
   > > nospam  wrote:   
   > >> In article , Frank Slootweg   
   > >>  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> > > > # 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.   
   > >>   
   > >> not just in the usa.   
   > >   
   > >   Earth to nospam: All other respondents have already explained that the   
   > > rest of the world does NOT call it a "pound" and that in the US it is   
   > > only called a "pound" when referring to a weight, which is clearly   
   > > outside the context in question, which is IT and specifically   
   > > *telephony*.   
   > >   
   > >   In a telephony context nobody with any common sense would call it a   
   > > "pound".   
   >   
   > When I retrieve voice mail on my Virgin Mobile cell phone,   
   > an automated voice says, "Please enter your pass code and   
   > press pound."   
      
     Interesting! And you live in which country?   
      
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