POS AND HOLD CLRNC IS ISSUED TO 2 ACFT WITH SIMILAR CALL SIGNS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON 2 INTERSECTING RWYS. THEN THE CLRNC FOR TKOF IS GIVEN AND BOTH ACFT COMMENCE THEIR TKOF SIMULTANEOUSLY.

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MY ACFT (ACR YXZZ) WAS GIVEN POS AND HOLD ON RWY 18R (SHORTENED TO 6300 FT). ACR YZXZ WAS APPARENTLY ALSO GIVEN POS AND HOLD ON RWY 27. I DIDN'T HEAR THE SIMILAR CALL SIGNS. I HEARD; AFTER IN POS; 'ACR YXZZ CLRED FOR TKOF.' I MAY HAVE MISTAKEN THE CALL SIGN. I READ BACK THE TKOF CLRNC; WE COMPLETED OUR LINE-UP CHKLIST; AND STARTED OUR TKOF ROLL. AT ABOUT 90 KTS; TWR CALLED FOR AN ACFT TO ABORT THE TKOF. I LOOKED OUT OF THE COCKPIT AS THE FO STARTED THE ABORT AND SAW THE CL65 (YZXZ) ROLLING ON RWY 27. WE STOPPED SHORT OF TXWY J AND WATCHED AS YZXZ CONTINUED ITS TKOF ROLL. WE THEN TAXIED BACK TO RWY 18R AND HAD A NORMAL TKOF. AT THIS TIME (SOON AFTER INCIDENT) I HAVE NOT HEARD THE TWR TAPES; BUT IT APPEARS CERTAIN THAT ONE OF US MISUNDERSTOOD THE CALL SIGN; WE BOTH READ IT BACK SIMULTANEOUSLY; AND THE TWR CTLR DIDN'T HEAR BOTH CALLBACKS. THE HIGH VOLUME OF DEPS AT THIS TIME; WITH TKOFS FROM RWY 18R AND RWY 36; MADE TWR FREQ SOMEWHAT HECTIC. I POSSIBLY MISTOOK A CALL SIGN FOR OURS; SO I NEED TO LISTEN CLOSER TO CLRNCS. I DON'T KNOW OF A WAY TO CHANGE PROCS TO KEEP THIS FROM REHAPPENING; JUST INCREASED VIGILANCE WHILE LISTENING. THE TWR CTLR DID A NICE JOB OF RECOGNIZING THE PROB AFTER IT DEVELOPED AND CALLING FOR AN ABORT.