XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:57:52 -0400, 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*.   
   >   
   >it's called a pound in nearly everywhere, particularly with telephony.   
   >   
   >>   In a telephony context nobody with any common sense would call it a   
   >> "pound".   
   >   
   >absolutely wrong.   
      
   Absolutely right.   
      
   This subthread started because I commented that my cell phone had   
   instructed me to press the hash key, when I could not see it anywhere   
   on the phone to press.   
      
   YOU then said that I should look for the pound sign, which I   
   understand to be £, and I coluld not see that either. And anyway, the   
   plastic auntie in the phone has said I should press the HASH key, not   
   the pound key.   
      
      
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