Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
:

> In article >, Rhonda
> Anderson > wrote:
>

>> I've never seen any symbol used here to denote pounds. Of course
>> labelling etc. is in metric. However, even in old recipes I've always
>> just seen "lb" used.
>
>> Rhonda Anderson
>> Cranebrook, NSW, Australia
>
> Rhonda, when I call my bank -- or darned near anyplace else that uses
> an automated phone system -- the instructions for navigating the
> system will almost always include "followed by the pound sign". It's
> onall the phones. Sorry, luv, but it is inconceivable to me that it
> doesn't know what a pound sign is. Does not compute.

Aah, now I can see why you would expect someone in the US to know that
was a pound sign. Here, the automated phone systems say "followed by the
hash key". That's the only name I've ever heard that key/symbol called
by.

Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia