Stupid question 0_o

[Diabloz]

whats the name of this symbol?

#

just asking couse its been buging me for a while 0_o

[Galem]

Pound

[Diabloz]

ah! so thats the pound key! thx man! =)

[Shaw Moking]

nah that is a 'Hash mark'

£ that is a pound.

[Kulamata]

In Telephony circles it is also called an Octothorpe

[Aeryal]

"The US usage derives from an old-fashioned commercial practice of using a "#" suffix to tag pound weights on bills of lading. The character is usually pronounced "hash" outside the US." from hyperdictionary.com

Aeryal

[Shaw Moking]

lol..ok, so we are all kind of right...

http://www.sigtel.com/tel_tech_octothorpe.html

interesting details there...