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- From: uflorida!novavax!burtond@gatech.edu (Donald B. Burton)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: How do You Pronounce "#"
- Message-ID: <telecom12.709.12@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 18:25:46 GMT
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- Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 709, Message 12 of 12
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- # is commonly called the pound sign or the number sign ... and less
- commonly the crosshatch, the tic-tac-toe ... and even octothorpe.
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- MCI started using it to indicate you want to continue a second call on
- the same billing. Now AT&T and Sprint also use them.
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