Doctor in #Yemen wrote in his car “ stop me if you need any medical consultation”

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Why does Yemen have a pound sign? They changed their name?

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u/hearnia_2k Aug 13 '21

That's a hash, not a pound....

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u/IforgotwhatIwasdoing Aug 13 '21

When GenZ meets a Millennial. I still call it the pound sign no matter what the kids say.

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u/hearnia_2k Aug 13 '21

Calling it a pound sign is an American thing, according to the wiki someone else posted.

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u/One_Wheel_Drive Aug 13 '21

It is. In Britain, it's always been called hash. When you call and speak to a robot voice, they may ask you to press the hash key.

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u/Meritania Aug 13 '21

The pound sign in the UK is the £

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u/hearnia_2k Aug 13 '21

Also in Linux there is a slang term 'hashbang', which generally refers to the first line of a script.

I think hash is more common than pound outside the US, since otherwise it would just be confusing with the pound symbol.

Maybe I should start calling it dollar.

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u/IforgotwhatIwasdoing Aug 13 '21

Oh yeah. I imagine the British pound currency would make it very confusing to also call the # symbol the 'pound' symbol. It comes from the long ago time when people still had home phones and payphones could be found in the wild; aka the 90s and beyond. The # key was referred to as the 'pound key'.

E: Not sure why you were downvoted on this comment, you are correct.