In article om>,
Cheryl > wrote:

> On 5/14/2016 12:32 PM, Janet B wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 14 May 2016 08:50:53 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I am surprised they don't show a # for pound. That is common.
> >> As a matter of fact, when you are following any kind of voice
> >> Tree instructions on the phone, you will often hear, "...and then
> >> press the pound key."
> >>
> >> N.
> > I noticed that too.
> > Janet US
> >
> It probably just sounds more grown up than saying press the hashkey sign.

If you had asked the phone company back in the day when they decided to
stick it in the corner of the Touch-Tone keypad, you would have been
told that the name of that key was "octothorpe".

Isaac