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| * "the square key" at one telephone banking company | | * square (on some British Telecom services, e.g. when activating call divert) | | * "iigeta jirushi" Japanese for "the sign of the well", for its resemblance to the Chinese character for water well. | | -* "Raute" in german | | +* "Raute" in German | | * "Gato" in Mexico and some other Spanish-speaking countries ("gato" is the name for tic-tac-toe) | | * "Michi" in Peru (Mich is a common name for a cat, and cat in Spanish is "gato") | | * ''Di se'' in French | | +* In Swedish: | | +** fyrkant - Non-rounded four-cornered shape | | +** br dg rd \br dgo \ - Lumber yard, referring to stacked planks | | +** staket \st ke \ - Fence | | +** nummertecken - Number sign | | +** vedstapel - Wood pile | | +** haga - Bending "hage", meaning enclosed pasture, into a verb, making it translate into "making an enclosed pasture" in present tense. | | +** grind \grin d\ - Fence gate | | | | Calling __#__ the __pound sign__ comes from the archaic practice of using a "#" suffix to tag pound weights on bills of lading. Outside of the US, the term __pound sign__ is used to refer to the pound currency. | | |
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| frozen | | 2013-08-04 16:10 | 12 |