XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Frank Slootweg   
    wrote:   
      
   > > >   
   > > >   So that leaves only the English-speaking countries - other than the   
   > > > Brits -, NOT "the rest of the *world*".   
   > >   
   > > non-english speaking countries will have an english word for it, as   
   > > they do for many other things.   
   >   
   >   *If* they use an English word for the '#' symbol, it will be - as ALL   
   > the non-US respondent have *told* you - most likely be "hash" and less   
   > likely "number [sign]", but they will NOT say "pound".   
      
   if it's not an english word, then it won't be hash *or* pound.   
      
      
   >   Bottom line: However much you stamp your tiny feet, jump up and down,   
   > throw tantrums, etc., saying "pound" when referring to the '#' symbol in   
   > a telephony context, IS A US-CENTRIC THING (as I said from the get go)!   
      
   who cares whether it's us-centric or not. it makes no difference,   
   except to someone who hates the usa.   
      
   the telephone and touchtone (with its * and # on the keypad) were   
   invented in the usa, so the usa gets to decide what it's called.   
      
   why do you have such a difficult time in accepting that pound is a   
   valid name for # on a phone keypad? accept it and move on.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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