In the IT world, of course, it's always been used to denote a number, but we've always called it "hash" (as in hash marks which are crossing scores)
Now I've heard the automated phone voice say "... Other just press 'square'" :-)
>Unfortunately, I remember calling it that too once upon a time. I think the telephone company has changed us with the advent of the hugely annoying voice menu systems.
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>>The older among us called the "#" the "number sign" for years.
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>>I never understood how it became "pound sign", but learned that no one (almost) knew what I was talking about when I said number sign.
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- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
