how to read and speak # ?
2007-01-12 14:04:38 · 8 answers · asked by ching yuan l 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
number
2007-01-12 14:22:41 · answer #1 · answered by Dreamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
# has been use for a long time as notation for the weight measurement of a pound. The abbreviation "lb" when written by hand can easily be mistaken for the number "16". I don't know why that symbol was chosen, but at the very least it is harder to mistake.
# is also used to abbreviate the word "number." There is probably a good reason for this one too.
You must use the context the symbol is used in to decide if it means pound or number.
2007-01-12 15:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Elizabeth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a symbol. If it has a name other than 'number sign', I don't know what it is. On a telephone, it's still a number sign. However, because people are lazy speakers, they use the term 'pound' because it has recently come to be used to refer to weight instead of the more usual abbreviation 'lb', from the Latin word for 'pound'.
2007-01-12 14:26:10 · answer #3 · answered by JelliclePat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a numer sign and is read number, like #1 or #2.
2007-01-12 14:12:18 · answer #4 · answered by Zoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it's "number" or "number sign.". When relating to a phone number it's "pound" or "pound sign."
2007-01-12 14:10:40 · answer #5 · answered by coolteacher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. "Number" (if it's followed by a number)
2. "Hash" (if you're in Britain or its former colonies)
3. "Pound" (if you're in America)
2007-01-12 16:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'number' or 'hash key'. It is not the pound sign.
2007-01-12 14:23:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NUMBER or POUND
2007-01-12 14:21:18 · answer #8 · answered by Connie R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋