freitasm:
MurrayM:
MrSooty:
People that use the term "hashtag" in a sentence.
I saw a survey a while ago that asked "How do you pronounce the # character?" and it gave multi-choice answers:
- Hash
- Pound
- Splat
- Number
- Hashtag
The most voted for answer was hashtag! 😲
When I started in the telco practice we called it the pound key (US-based). When I moved to New Zealand of course I changed to calling it hash. Both (and "number") are valid names.
"To talk to support press 2 followed by the hash key" or "To talk to support press 2 followed by the pound key".
Hashtag? Yeah, people that got their first education from the smartphone on their hands.
When I grew up, hash was something that came from Lebanon or Afghanistan in small brown blocks...! The idea of a phone key that (presumably) arranged automatic delivery seems good...