XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:57:03 GMT   
   Charlie Gibbs  wrote:   
      
   > > That's been obscure even in the US for many a year, frankly - but   
   > > the legacy pronunciation of # survives to this day.   
   >   
   > I suspect that this is because "pound" is (at least somewhat)   
   > easier and faster to pronounce than the others.  As we all know,   
   > convenience trumps just about everything else - remember the   
   > "baud" vs "bps" confusion.   
      
   Seems plausible - may also have to do with phone-tree systems and how   
   intelligible "hash" is or isn't over a muffled line, vs. a word that   
   begins and ends with hard consonants.   
      
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