Thread: Okay wtf are these REALLY called?

Okay so I am curious what these are called #

Been asking some people and they all say different things. So what are they really called?

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Some answers that people said:

-Cɱ- Vexon: stiltzy im pissed
-Cɱ- Vexon: because i have been trying to found out what these # are called for the last hour
-Cɱ- Vexon: what are they!?
Stiltzy: pound sign?
-Cɱ- Vexon: that it?
Stiltzy: just call it the boxy thing
-Cɱ- Vexon: ...
-Cɱ- Vexon: noody knows

-Cɱ- Vexon: ubernube!
-Cɱ- Vexon: what are these called #
-Cɱ- Vexon: its been bugging me for so long!
ubernube: I call them "those fancy number signs you may see on telephones!" symbol
-Cɱ- Vexon: LOL
-Cɱ- Vexon: friggen idiot
-Cɱ- Vexon:
ubernube: yep

-Cɱ- Vexon: Blan!
-Cɱ- Vexon: what are these called? #
-Cɱ- Vexon: been bugging me forever
Blan21: hash symbols i beleive
-Cɱ- Vexon: hash?
Blan21: hash
-Cɱ- Vexon: wtf....
Blan21: it's called "The number sign" in america and "Hash" in europe
Blan21: however, i prefer the term hash
Blan21: less words
Blan21: obviously
-Cɱ- Vexon: yeah

Number sign is a name for the symbol #, which is used for a variety of purposes including, in some countries, the designation of a number (for example, "#1" stands for "number one"). The symbol is in Unicode as code point U+0023 #​ number sign (35_decimal); it is also present in ASCII with the same value.
In Commonwealth English, the symbol is usually called the hash and the corresponding telephone key is called the hash key. In American English and Quebec English, the symbol is usually called the pound sign (outside the US, this term often refers instead to the British currency symbol "£") and the telephone key is called the pound key

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in industry and academia it is referred to as a "hash"

Originally Posted by Cojiro

Number sign is a name for the symbol #, which is used for a variety of purposes including, in some countries, the designation of a number (for example, "#1" stands for "number one"). The symbol is in Unicode as code point U+0023 #​ number sign (35_decimal); it is also present in ASCII with the same value.
In Commonwealth English, the symbol is usually called the hash and the corresponding telephone key is called the hash key. In American English and Quebec English, the symbol is usually called the pound sign (outside the US, this term often refers instead to the British currency symbol "£") and the telephone key is called the pound key

muddafukkin wikipedia like a champ

lol geeeez!

Okay well this is what happened when I googled it:
Let me google that for you

Originally Posted by Cojiro

Number sign is a name for the symbol #, which is used for a variety of purposes including, in some countries, the designation of a number (for example, "#1" stands for "number one"). The symbol is in Unicode as code point U+0023 #​ number sign (35_decimal); it is also present in ASCII with the same value.
In Commonwealth English, the symbol is usually called the hash and the corresponding telephone key is called the hash key. In American English and Quebec English, the symbol is usually called the pound sign (outside the US, this term often refers instead to the British currency symbol "£") and the telephone key is called the pound key In Canadian English, this key is most frequently called the number sign key.

muddafukkin wikipedia like a champ

You forgot the most important part there.

Number sign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

you may want to read the section for other names.

Originally Posted by judedeath

You forgot the most important part there.

the whole section is called number sign. the very first word is number sign.

"Please enter... ...followed by the pound sign now."