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Wording and pronunciation of '#'
Thread poster: Mats Wiman
Elvira Daraban
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French to Romanian
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in Romania Feb 10, 2010

diez (the same as the musical sign)
 
Christine Andersen
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Denmark
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Danish to English
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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.

[Edited at 2010-02-10 15:36 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Claudia Luque Bedregal
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in Peru Feb 10, 2010

Lucia Colombino wrote:

I've heard it called "numeral".


Here it's also called "numeral"
 
Stéphanie Soudais
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France
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English to French
French bis Feb 10, 2010

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)
 
Richard Bartholomew
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Germany
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German to English
octothorp Feb 10, 2010

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
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Brazil
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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
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United States
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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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