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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:34:46 -0400, nospam    
   wrote:   
      
   >In article , Chris    
   >wrote:   
   >   
   >> >>>> In a telephony context nobody with any common sense would call it a   
   >> >>>> "pound".   
   >> >>>   
   >> >>> absolutely wrong.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Absolutely right.   
   >> >   
   >> > it's called pound in telephony contexts.   
   >>   
   >> Not in the UK. In all my life I've only ever heard it referred to as   
   >> "pound" by Americans or in a US-centric context.   
   >   
   >the uk is an exception.   
   >   
   >most of the world uses pound in a telephony context.   
      
   No, New York is an exception.   
      
   The rest of the English-speaking world uses "hash" in a telephony   
   context. I've no idea what they call it in German, Mandarin, or   
   Arabic. But in English it is called "hash".   
      
      
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