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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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How do one say # in English ?

How do one say # in English ?
  

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Anonymous How do es one say # in English ? If it occurs before a number, say "Number". #5 = number five If it occurs after a number, say "Pounds".

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous How do es one say # in English ?
  • If it occurs before a number, say "Number".
  • #5 = number five If it occurs after a number, say "Pounds".
  • 5# of sugar = five pounds of sugar If it occurs after a letter in the context of music, say "Sharp".
  • Sonata for Piano in C# minor = Sonata for Piano in C sharp minor CJ
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AnonymousHow does one say # in English ?
If it occurs before a number, say "Number".

#5 = number five

If it occurs after a number, say "Pounds".

5# of sugar = five pounds of sugar

If it occurs after a letter in the context of music, say "Sharp".

Sonata for Piano in C
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It's called number sign.
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It's called number sign.
It's actually called an 'octothorpe'.
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Yes,It's just another term for number sign.
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No, the octothorpe is not a number sign in 5# of sugar.
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Wikipedia English - The Free
Encyclopedia


Number sign

Number sign is one name for the symbol #, and is the
preferred 
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Wikipedia? Hmm. You might well have written that yourself, then, color.
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Yes,It's my own website and I've written about 90% of its articles,this one included.
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