From: Jukka K. Korpela (jkorpela@cs.tut.fi)
Date: Sun Mar 27 2005 - 11:28:17 CST
On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Jony Rosenne wrote:
> What is the British English name of U+0023?
As far as I know, the character "#" is not used in normal text in British
English. So when it is used in various technical contexts, I'd expect
people to use varying names for it, according to how it is called in
particular contexts. For example, the specification of URL format calls it
"octothorpe"! The names mentioned in the Unicode standard are just a
sample of names in use. For the name history (and usage), see
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Number_sign
which also mentions that "hash" is "the most common name outside the US,
including in the UK and Australia".
> What is it called on the telephone keypad?
"Hash".
-- Jukka "Yucca" Korpela, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
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