I've heard it called "hash". Is that the UK term? Don't tell me they/you say "octothorpe"!
Dean
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> response to Scott Kramer :
>> eight digits pressed, so why not just press ten? Thet # pound or
>> 'carriage return' as it is officially known is better used where it
> I thought it was officially known as an octothorpe? It certainly
> isn't called a pound in the UK!
> Jim Hatfield
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