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When did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I think it was always called a hash but we read it as pound or number...7# or #7. Like how we say 'and' instead of saying ampersand.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Back in my day if someone said hash you knew you were in for a good time

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Dude. I invited a coworker over for happy hour awhile back. She arrived after everyone else had left. I showed her a jar of hash i made. I didn't know she would take a bite of it. We had a couple bottles of champagne. Shit got weird and she called her husband for a ride home about 2am.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago*

    I'd argue that "and" is the proper way to say "&" in english, even though it's just a fancy "et". The word ampersand is just a weird spelling of "and per se and", that is, "and in itself", as opposed to being part of listing things. Like: x,y,z, and &. The first and is just part of the grammar of listing things, the second is an item in that list.

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