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France to use new word for Twitter term 'hashtag'

article published on 27 January, 2013

France's Commission Générale de Terminologie et de Néologie has announced that they do not appreciate the term "hashtag" on Twitter and will instead use a local term, "mot-dičse." The term hashtag relates to words and phrases that follow the # symbol and can help others find causes or more easily find posts. Mot-diese means "sharp word" and the group has coined the term to mean "a ... [ read the full article ]

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KSib
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_ 		27. January 2013 @ 11:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cool.
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PraisesToAllah
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_ 		27. January 2013 @ 18:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Because French is much better than English

Said no one ever.
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joepet200
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_ 		27. January 2013 @ 23:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by PraisesToAllah:
 Because French is much better than English

Said no one ever.
It's like these french have a different word for everything.
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T-Bean
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_ 		28. January 2013 @ 04:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why the fancy names in the first place. It has always been a pound sign to me.
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attar
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_ 		28. January 2013 @ 06:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ah, beautiful France.
Superannuated Gestapo officers reminisce how no one could raise a spit-shine on a leather jackboot like Jean Crapaud.
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dEwMe
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_ 		28. January 2013 @ 16:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hang onto that language as long as you can. You'll speak Chinese soon enough! lol

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Just my $0.02,

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ThePastor
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_ 		28. January 2013 @ 17:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Because everyone know that all you have to do is tell people to quit using a word to make them stop.
Once again, no one "gets" the French.
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Oh, Im sorry... Did the middle of my sentence interrupt the beginning of yours?
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