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... am I the only one that thinks "pound" would be a better phrase than "hashtag" when saying these out loud ?

Cuts syllable usage in half ... has worked for decades with irc channel names ...




'#' is commonly called either "hash" or "pound", and "tag" as a suffix just describes this tagging use in context. For an apples-to-apples comparison you'd be saying "poundtag", but good luck getting that to catch on. :)


Octothorpe FTW


Hmm over here on this side of the pond a pound symbol means £ not octothorpe / hash / sharp.




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