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by MrJosh on October 9th, 2009
Pound or number, depending on the context. I've heard it called "hash" but I'm not familiar with that definition.
by Sid on October 9th, 2009
Hash. Pound sign in the UK is this one: £.
by Prunesquallor on October 9th, 2009
This '£' is a pound symbol. I call '#' a hash mark.
by - MojoThunder - on October 9th, 2009
depends ... am i referring to the button on the phone, then it's POUND ... am i writing it before a set of digits, then its NUMBER ... for me, hash mark refers to a football field
by Brian on October 9th, 2009
I used to work for AT&T, and those of us involved in telecommunications technology called it octothorpe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octothorpe
We also called it the pound sign, and that's what I call it now.
by -Icy- on October 9th, 2009
pound +5
by iwnit on November 16th, 2009
1) I usually call it hash or sharp in English (although # only *looks* like a sharp: ♯ ), "Raute" in German.
I just checked that its French name is "croisillon", but I guess that many would also use "diese" (♯).
It also looks a little like the Chinese character for well (井 jǐng).
2) "The well-field system (Chinese: 井田制度; pinyin: jǐngtián zhìdù) was a Chinese land distribution method since at least 9th century BC (late Western Zhou Dynasty). It is named after the Chinese character for well (井 jǐng), which looks like the # symbol and represents the theoretical appearance for a piece of land under such an organization: the eight surrounding outer blocks being private (私田; sītián), and the central one block being communal or public (公田; gōngtián)."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%95
3) "Number sign is a name for the symbol #, which is used for a variety of purposes including the designation of a number (for example, "#1" stands for "number one"). "Number sign" is the preferred Unicode name for the code point. Its Unicode code point is U+0023, and its ASCII value is 0x23 (hexadecimal).
In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the symbol is usually called the hash mark, hash sign, or hash symbol. It is also a hash key on touch-tone phones in these areas. As used in the United States on touch-tone telephones, the key on phones is referred to as the pound key, with the symbol being called the pound sign. In Canada, this key is most frequently called the number sign key. Beginning in the 1960s, telephone engineers have attempted to coin a special name for this symbol, with variant spellings including octothorp, octothorpe, octathorp, and octatherp. None has become universal or widely accepted.
In non-English speaking nations, other names for this symbol are also used. In many parts of the world, including parts of Europe, Canada, Australia, and Russia, "number sign" is the name of the "numero" sign № (Unicode code point U+2116), which is often written simply as No. In some of those countries, the # sign is not used to indicate a number.
The symbol is easily confused with the musical symbol called sharp (♯). In both symbols, there are two pairs of parallel lines. The key difference is that the sharp has two diagonal "horizontal" strokes (that is, the horizontals are not truly horizontal in the sharp). By contrast, the number sign (#) does have two truly horizontal strokes, combined with two "vertical" strokes that may or may not be truly vertical depending on the style of typeface or handwriting."
Source and further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign
by Tom on November 16th, 2009
Pound, unless I'm specifically using it along with a number.
by Katz665 on November 16th, 2009
Almost allways number.
by ANONYMOUS on November 16th, 2009
pound on the phone and number on a keyboard
by cold_cut on November 4th, 2009
when i was in england it was a hash and its a pound here so i gather either of the two.
by SilentPurr on November 4th, 2009
Always called it a hash key.
Never heard of it being called a pound sign until I read this thread!
by griffin on November 4th, 2009
its the one thing you are allowed to make a hash of
by Anonymous on November 4th, 2009
Hash.
+5
by Slightly less anonymous on November 4th, 2009
depends on the context...i've called it all, but I mostly use it in terms of numbers, so probably that
I generally like to rant about it's being unnecessary
like forms that have a space for
PIN# _________
seriously? personal identification number number? ugghh...so, so overused...
that's what I call that symbol, overused
by Confuscious on November 4th, 2009
I call it hash.
by octavian2 on November 4th, 2009
It's 'hash' in the UK in terms of telephone keypads. In America, as I understand, it denoted 'number', as in #1, #47, etc.
by ScottieE on October 24th, 2009
The symbol stands for all of the above.
But I've never said "I'm going to # your face in!" =]
I call it a number sign.
by RElise on October 24th, 2009
I use that symbol to indicate number.
by therapist on October 13th, 2009
pound
by Perryman on October 13th, 2009
pound sign.
by Joseph has another name on October 9th, 2009
Usually "hash" - i've never used "pound" ever.
by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on October 9th, 2009
If I smoke a pound of hash ....
anyway its a symbol representing all three of course
by Jessica on October 9th, 2009
Pound
by justmesuzanne on October 9th, 2009
All of the above.
by Marky Mark on October 9th, 2009
When part of a string of alphanumeric characters I call it hash. e.g 1*823f#79@8. Also used as a substitute for the word 'number' e.g. Example #1. I never knew it was used as a symbol for pound, until now. ;)
by philosopher on October 9th, 2009
Pound
by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on October 9th, 2009
Pound or number.
by mother earth on October 9th, 2009
Raised in the U.S. with a Mother from England (war bride) I knew # as a hash mark. Forms we filled out used # to indicate an identifying number such as your social security number or part number, then # became number. I got my first cell phone about 6 years ago and the industry calls # a pound sign. Since most of my life was spent with # as number, that is what I call it in my head, even though I recognize it as all three. So my answer is, 'Yes'.
by Jazz-Man on October 9th, 2009
i call it a sharp coz dat what it looks like in a musical sense pound sign is £ lol
by CountryGirl on October 9th, 2009
Number.
by Merfish on October 9th, 2009
Pond or number, depending on what I am referring to.
by Jadey - Vive la difference on October 9th, 2009
Hash
by bobbyshoe on October 9th, 2009
Hash or number if it is attached to a number. Why pound? Pound is '£'.
by Elfie on October 9th, 2009
Pound or number depending on how I'm using it.
by Ironhead on October 9th, 2009
Number
by Anonymous T on October 9th, 2009
In English, hash.
.
In my language it's something
like "cross(dim.)". I guess that's
because it looks like Tic-tac-toe
and in my language Tic-tac-toe
is called "circle(dim.) and cross(dim.)".
by norm on October 9th, 2009
In actuality, the # symbol originally meant 'number'.
How it's meaning got changed to pound I have no idea.
by treytragedy21 on October 9th, 2009
pound
^_^
by Anonymous on October 9th, 2009
pound
by bye friends health problems on October 9th, 2009
I call it the pound key.
by mtndewman44 on October 9th, 2009
Pound,always have.
by HOUSTONLONELY on October 9th, 2009
in spanish we call it el gato.. !!
by ZiggyStardust on October 9th, 2009
to me it's hash... Never heard it called a pound before.. maybe because to me a £ is a pound
by Eileen on October 9th, 2009
LOL Icy I call it a "tic,tac,toe" game :O) Wanna play?
by TheJoker on October 9th, 2009
For me it's 'Hash'
by Spicy Hot on October 9th, 2009
I say pound and number, I start with saying pound sign, if they dont know what I mean, I say the number sign, and they get it.
by DukeG on October 9th, 2009
I always say "number sign"
by Goofy_20 on October 9th, 2009
Pound. But sometimes I call it the "number sign". :0P
by williambaldinger on December 23rd, 2009
number and pounds
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