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Twitter hashtag is déclassé, says France Twitter hashtag is déclassé, says France
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How très français. Monkey is a little slow on the uptake here (hat tip: New Statesman) – last week the French government's General Commission for Terminology and Neology issued a proclamation to users of Twitter and other social media to urging them to stop using the term "hashtag", in favour of "mot-dièse". The GCTN was set up to halt the creep of Anglo-American words into the French language – understandable, particularly given that the ever growing digital and technology sectors tend to be dominated by Americanisms. But this development begs the question – what are the French going to do about the character "#"? Add an accent? How très français. Monkey is a little slow on the compréhension here (hat tip: New Statesman) – last week the French government's General Commission for Terminology and Neology issued a proclamation to users of Twitter and other social media urging them to stop using the term "hashtag", in favour of "mot-dièse". The GCTN was set up to halt the creep of Anglo-American words into the French language – understandable, particularly given that the ever growing digital and technology sectors tend to be dominated by Americanisms. But this development begs the question – what are the French going to do about the character "#"? Add an accent?