Especially since "octothourpe" isn't an English or American
word.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/octothorpe


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Christopher A. Young
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in
message ...

Phone equipment used to be sensitive to the polarity
of the circuit. I'll bet you don't know what "tip"
and "ring" means or how the terms came about. I also
like to mess with folks and tell them to press the
"octothourpe" button on the phone. There is a very
good explanation of home phone wiring on this website:

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/phone_wiring.html

TDD