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		If anybody knows how to translate 'hashtag' into French, the Quebec government would like to hear from you (digitalone.com.sg)		25
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Tax Boy		2012-07-06 10:28:58 AM

9 votes:

"You know, in Quebec, there's all these little differences. Like on Twitter, they don't say Hashtag; they say 'Le Hashtag'."

"What do they call "Liking?"

"I don't know; I didn't use Facebook."

ginandbacon		2012-07-06 09:29:21 AM

4 votes:

Poutine.

PJ-		2012-07-06 10:33:30 AM

3 votes:

I never understood why it's called hash tag. I mean, why not call it what it really is, pound sign.

Wouldn't twitter be a lot more fun if everybody was just pounding stuff? #yourmom for instance.

Flakeloaf		2012-07-06 10:15:30 AM

3 votes:

ashtag

Resolute		2012-07-06 12:35:35 PM

2 votes:

Whiskey Dickens: Resolute: Quebec's inferiority complex strikes again! Sometimes a KFC is just a KFC guys, even the Parisians know that.

Sorry, I don't think Calgarians are allowed to comment on other culture's issues, beyond anything more complicated than whether Timmy's cappucinos are true to their Italian heritage. Go back to your strip mall, people with actual cultures worth discussing are talking.

Quebec "culture" is just a watered-down ripoff of French culture laced with serious anger management issues.

meow said the dog		2012-07-06 10:28:42 AM

2 votes:

padraig: How about "read a book", you ignorant yank ?

LAUGHTER O LE RAGE!

MemeSlave		2012-07-06 10:21:14 AM

2 votes:

How about "take a shower, you filthy frog" ?

Nakito		2012-07-06 10:13:18 AM

2 votes:

Le hashtag.

Counter_Intelligent		2012-07-06 10:13:07 AM

2 votes:

Help le French? But I am le tired...

unlikely		2012-07-06 09:51:14 AM

2 votes:

"Le #"

Polyron		2012-07-06 06:54:15 PM

1 votes:

passe le joint

litmusdragon		2012-07-06 11:30:16 AM

1 votes:

Throat warbler mangrove.

rmcooper4		2012-07-06 11:13:22 AM

1 votes:

I don't know French so pardon me if I'm totally ignorant here. Do French and Quebecois phones not have the #-button? Wouldn't it just be easy to call the hashtag whatever they call that button? Or have they just called the #-button on the phone that-one-button-that's-not-a-number-no-the-other-one?

kolpanic		2012-07-06 10:34:54 AM

1 votes:

Le Big Mac.

Moosecakes		2012-07-06 10:34:06 AM

1 votes:

Huh, "baladodiffusion" for podcast hasn't caught on? I wonder why?

padraig		2012-07-06 10:22:06 AM

1 votes:

MemeSlave: How about "take a shower, you filthy frog" ?

How about "read a book", you ignorant yank ?

Jon iz teh kewl		2012-07-06 10:18:16 AM

1 votes:

le tweet

/le mew

upload.wikimedia.org

JohnCarter		2012-07-06 10:17:54 AM

1 votes:

squidgod2000: That's part of the genius of the English language: Being able to create words rapidly and efficiently, and to be sure they are used. To create words in French, we must work very quickly. Because once a word from English is implanted (in everyday speech), it's difficult to dislodge

It's the power of the culture, not the genius of the language. If French mattered, there'd be some (non-food) french words used in regularly in English.

/cue the list of non-food french words we all use frequently

Surrender???

MAYORBOB		2012-07-06 10:16:27 AM

1 votes:

Le tag du hash

Suede head		2012-07-06 10:16:26 AM

1 votes:

When you invent something you get to name it, Frenchies, so use the language of the victors. You lost. Accept it and move on.

rokesch		2012-07-06 10:15:54 AM

1 votes:

fark that shiat! #FreedomTag!

MadSkillz		2012-07-06 10:13:01 AM

1 votes:

Le suck my tag.

bdub77		2012-07-06 10:00:29 AM

1 votes:

Obligatory

gopher321		2012-07-06 08:57:30 AM

1 votes:

Tabernac!

Because People in power are Stupid		2012-07-06 08:18:45 AM

1 votes:

Le merde-résumé

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