<P> Mainstream use in the United States is as follows : when it prefixes a number , it is read as `` number '' , as in `` a # 2 pencil '' ( indicating `` a number - two pencil '' ) . The one exception is with the # key on a phone , which is always referred to as the `` pound key '' or `` pound . '' Thus instructions to dial an extension such as # 77 are always read as `` pound seven seven . '' </P>
<P> Mainstream use in the United States is as follows : when it prefixes a number , it is read as `` number '' , as in `` a # 2 pencil '' ( indicating `` a number - two pencil '' ) . The one exception is with the # key on a phone , which is always referred to as the `` pound key '' or `` pound . '' Thus instructions to dial an extension such as # 77 are always read as `` pound seven seven . '' </P>
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