From: "SHIGETOMI, Takuhiko" <tshiget1@...>
Date: 2005-08-30T19:24:00+09:00
Subject: Re: how do you describe '#!' in written english?

greetings. thanks.

> It's referred to as an "octothorpe".  :-)

i looked it up on my dictionary and have found it has been on
push-button style phones since its incunabula. 
does '*' have any alias also?

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