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To: Moonman62

Good stuff. Anyone know what’s up with “#”?

It was “number symbol” or “pound symbol” and lately, “hashtag.”


3 posted on 09/30/2018 8:09:45 AM PDT by Rio
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To: Rio
It was “number symbol” or “pound symbol” and lately, “hashtag.”

Where in the hell did the name "hash tag" come from . . . what a stupid name.

5 posted on 09/30/2018 8:13:42 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: Rio

You forgot octothorpe.


7 posted on 09/30/2018 8:18:45 AM PDT by T. P. Pole
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To: Rio

It first got it’s start as a game called tic tac toe.....


10 posted on 09/30/2018 8:25:54 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
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To: Rio

It was “number symbol” or “pound symbol” and lately, “hashtag.”

And, for us Old Folks who still see this - # - as pound, it gives new meaning to the #metoo movement...


16 posted on 09/30/2018 8:44:06 AM PDT by Paisan
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