Lazzza

can anyone tell me what this means please?

Someone left a message on my answering machine saying (I think) hit the pound sign to hear the message.

Also, on my Blackberry, it says I have to hit the (again I think) hit the pound sign to hear my voicemail.

My question is, what is the pound sign?

I know I am probably an idiot of the highest degree and it is obvious but not to me!

Thanks!

Lazzza

I sould say that to me the pound sign is £.

ChocolateBabz

It's the # - I would call it a hash but they call it pound over here - eejits !!

lisa67

The pound sign is this #

SDDep

you mean you dont have a £ on yer phone? and yes it is the #, also called the numeric...

Lazzza

AAAHHHHH!

Thank you!

Godsake, everyone knows it is a hash sign pfft!

Still don't know how to work the Blackberry anyway and crashed my car into a lamppost yesterday. I wouldn't have if I had been sitting in the correct side of the car).

But at least I know what a pound sign is.

Cheers my dears!

Awesome Welles

Are you actually allowed out on your own?

Zonie

I recommend you sit on the same side as the steering wheel if you are driving, it's much easier.

Noorah101

I've never in my life heard that called a hash sign!

It's called a "pound sign" or maybe a "number sign".

Rene

Octang Frye

You would've if you had anything to do with software.

#include <iostream>
(pronounced hash include)

Cape Blue

That's funny, one forgets what its like when you're fresh off the boat. I remember being told by someone at work in my first week how to use the desk phone system and them mentioning the pound sign - took a while to get that one translated to hash.

tonrob

Isn't it simply 'hash' in Britain and 'pound' in the U.S.? Thought this was just a country thing.

MsElui

i thought the same. Never heard it referred to as a pound before arriving here - after all that would confuse it with £ .

SDDep

A pound of hash? do I need to call the DEA? haha

Bluegrass Lass

Ditto for me. I don't even have a clue what a 'hash' is? (except for being a drug)

Only other name I've called it by would be 'sharp'..as in the programming language C# (C sharp).