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   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   nospam  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Not quite. Carlos is * writing * in English. You have no knowledge of his   
   spoken English level.   
      
   Carlos's (presumed) ability to speak English doesn't negate the fact that   
   most people in the world do not speak English. Nor would it be if this ng   
   was full of Russians, Singaporeans, Thais, Nigerians, Brazilians, French,   
   etc who all spoke English. Face it, your statement is factually wrong.   
      
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