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Wording and pronunciation of '*' Thread poster: Mats Wiman
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Mats Wiman Sweden Local time: 23:18 Member (2000) German to Swedish + ... In memoriam
AFAIK, in American answering machines it's 'star key'. In Swedish it's 'stjärna' [shairnah]= star (no 'key). What is it in your language? Mats | | |
In English it is an asterisk | Feb 10, 2010 |
... or else an asterix as in Asterix the Gaul, but it is officially an asterisk. According to the Concise Oxford its origin is: Middle English: via late Latin from Greek asteriskos 'small star', diminutive of aster. | | |
In Spain it is also asterisk (asterisco) | | |
Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 23:18 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ...
Mats Wiman wrote: AFAIK, in American answering machines it's 'star key'. Afrikaans: sterretjie (more common), asterisk (more formal) ZA English: asterisk The term "star key" is seldom used in ZA English, and I would not be surprised if after asking for a person to press it, he'd get the response "there is no start key here". | |
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Maria Castro Portugal Local time: 22:18 Member (2008) English to Portuguese + ... MODERATOR SITE LOCALIZER |
star key in UK | Feb 10, 2010 |
In a textual context this symbol is of course called an asterisk, but in my experience when it appears on a telephone handset it is usually called the star key (e.g. in those telephone banking systems that tell you to enter some particular information and then "press the star key") - I haven't ever heard "asterisk key" in the UK, although Wikipedia seems to think it is used:- The "*" is called the "star key" or "asterisk key". ... See more In a textual context this symbol is of course called an asterisk, but in my experience when it appears on a telephone handset it is usually called the star key (e.g. in those telephone banking systems that tell you to enter some particular information and then "press the star key") - I haven't ever heard "asterisk key" in the UK, although Wikipedia seems to think it is used:- The "*" is called the "star key" or "asterisk key". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_keypad ▲ Collapse | | |
Susanna Martoni Italy Local time: 23:18 Member (2009) Spanish to Italian + ... |
Sterretje in Dutch | Feb 10, 2010 |
In Dutch, it is a 'sterretje', much like the 'sterretjie' in Afrikaans but without the 'i'. | |
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Nikita Kobrin Lithuania Local time: 00:18 Member (2010) English to Russian + ...
звёздочка, символ / знак * | | |
Hildegard Klein-Bodenheimer (X) Germany Local time: 23:18 English to German + ... |
Penelope Ausejo wrote: In Spain it is also asterisk (asterisco) In Peru it's also called "asterisco" (asterisk) | |
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dkalinic Local time: 23:18 Croatian to German + ... In memoriam |
Simone Linke Germany Local time: 23:18 Member (2009) English to German + ... Deutsch (telephone) | Oct 1, 2010 |
If we're talking about phones and answering machines here, it's "Sterntaste" in German (as opposed to the other one - # -, which is the "Rautetaste"). | | |
Star on a phone | Oct 1, 2010 |
In the US, we also say "press star" (*) or "press pound" (#). | | |
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