| Pages in topic: < [1 2] | Wording and pronunciation of '#' Thread poster: Mats Wiman
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diez (the same as the musical sign)
| | | | | The meatball sign in Danish | Feb 10, 2010 |
Et bøftegn
(Beef meatball sign)
To Danes, this looks like the pattern of squares and diamonds scored with a knife on beef meatballs, so it is known as the meatball sign!
Another explanation I have heard, though I suspect it is not universal, is related to the other meaning of ´bøf´, a gaffe or mistake. This came from a bookkeeping department, where the sign appears in spreadsheets when the data typed in does not match the format.
I think officia... See more Et bøftegn
(Beef meatball sign)
To Danes, this looks like the pattern of squares and diamonds scored with a knife on beef meatballs, so it is known as the meatball sign!
Another explanation I have heard, though I suspect it is not universal, is related to the other meaning of ´bøf´, a gaffe or mistake. This came from a bookkeeping department, where the sign appears in spreadsheets when the data typed in does not match the format.
I think officially it is called a 'firkant' - a square - on the telephone, though the one on my somewhat elderly fastline set is different and more like a plain square.
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Lucia Colombino wrote:
I've heard it called "numeral".
Here it's also called "numeral"
| | | | Stéphanie Soudais (X) 
Francuska
Local time: 01:42
English to French
Stevi wrote:
dièse (French)
"Dièse" (sharp) is ♯ and shouldn't be mistaken for #.
On a keyboard, what we often call "dièse" is in fact a "croisillon" (crossbar)
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I'm partial to the noun "octothorpe" for describing the "#" symbol. No such word, you say?
Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate dictionary defines "octothorpe" as:
the symbol "#".
| | | | Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 20:42
Portuguese to English
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Sjećanje na | In Portuguese (Brazil) | Feb 10, 2010 |
Here in Brazil the usual term is "jogo da velha" (literally "old woman's game"), which is what we call noughts and crosses (or tic-tac-toe as they call it the other side of the Pond).
| | | | Helena Genel
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Local time: 16:42
English to Spanish
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| Or "signo de gato" (cat) | Feb 10, 2010 |
nruddy wrote:
I think it's called "el signo de número". I doubt anyone would understand almohadilla 
And don't ask me why.
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