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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <9if6td-7e4.ln1@Telcontar.valinor>, Carlos E.R.   
    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 it doesn't. Most of the world doesn't even speak English.   
   > >   
   > > actually, most of the world *does* speak english, at least to a certain   
   > > extent.   
   >   
   > LOL! Most certainly not.   
      
   yet you're speaking english in this very newsgroup, as are others from   
   outside the usa, something which is not unique to usenet either.   
      
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