I just don't get it!
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Totally on topic there CBChris Bass wrote:which ejit? now i'm confused?
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Cowsham wrote:Chris Bass wrote:Cowsham wrote:Hashtag
do you genuinely not get it or just the over use of it? they do serve a purpose
English version
The hash sign had been well over used before an idiot ( probably Chris Messina ) gave it another new meaning and called it something different just to add to the confusion.
#f##kthehashtag@confused.com0 -
It's just a way of searching for similar topics isn't it, it was in use but Twitter made it more widespread but still for the same purpose, didn't it?
If you wanted to search a lot of text for wheel building spoke tension instead of searching for those words you'd add #wheelbuildingspoketension and search for that and it would bring back all relevant topics. Instead of bringing back topics that included wheel, building, spoke or tension or having to have all words.
Twitter does the same just on a mass scale.
Unless I'm missing something?
What was it before a way of searching?www.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0 -
Chris Bass wrote:It's just a way of searching for similar topics isn't it, it was in use but Twitter made it more widespread but still for the same purpose, didn't it?
If you wanted to search a lot of text for wheel building spoke tension instead of searching for those words you'd add #wheelbuildingspoketension and search for that and it would bring back all relevant topics. Instead of bringing back topics that included wheel, building, spoke or tension or having to have all words.
Twitter does the same just on a mass scale.
Unless I'm missing something?
What was it before a way of searching?
Started out as a quick way of writing lb as in pounds weight but then got used by accountants as a symbol to represent a number nomenclature exists or follows like a protocol almost and it was just called hash.
Now it's got a new name and a completely different meaning ie it's now hashtag and a protocol for "search the following" if you've got twitter -- I'm not on twitter -- that's for twits like trump. But now the hash sign is to be bassturdadised again because of one long list of garage that needs to be searched entirely.
What happened to search exact phrase?0 -
Cowsham wrote:Chris Bass wrote:It's just a way of searching for similar topics isn't it, it was in use but Twitter made it more widespread but still for the same purpose, didn't it?
If you wanted to search a lot of text for wheel building spoke tension instead of searching for those words you'd add #wheelbuildingspoketension and search for that and it would bring back all relevant topics. Instead of bringing back topics that included wheel, building, spoke or tension or having to have all words.
Twitter does the same just on a mass scale.
Unless I'm missing something?
What was it before a way of searching?
Started out as a quick way of writing lb as in pounds weight but then got used by accountants as a symbol to represent a number nomenclature exists or follows like a protocol almost and it was just called hash.
Now it's got a new name and a completely different meaning ie it's now hashtag and a protocol for "search the following" if you've got twitter -- I'm not on twitter -- that's for twits like trump. But now the hash sign is to be bassturdadised again because of one long list of garage that needs to be searched entirely.
What happened to search exact phrase?
CB has it slightly back to front. It is a way for the authors of tweets or instagram posts to highlight key words so that their target audience can find them.
Some history.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag
"Search exact phrase" is fine but that's again looking at it from the wrong direction.
Are you still getting over the re-use of the letters L and S to denote currency?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
Cowsham wrote:
Started out as a quick way of writing lb as in pounds weight but then got used by accountants as a symbol to represent a number nomenclature exists or follows like a protocol yada yada yada yada?
#=fracture
#aaarrrggghhhithurts
#oh.blimeyPostby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
This is ideal stuff for the trivial threads "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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rjsterry wrote:Cowsham wrote:Chris Bass wrote:It's just a way of searching for similar topics isn't it, it was in use but Twitter made it more widespread but still for the same purpose, didn't it?
If you wanted to search a lot of text for wheel building spoke tension instead of searching for those words you'd add #wheelbuildingspoketension and search for that and it would bring back all relevant topics. Instead of bringing back topics that included wheel, building, spoke or tension or having to have all words.
Twitter does the same just on a mass scale.
Unless I'm missing something?
What was it before a way of searching?
Started out as a quick way of writing lb as in pounds weight but then got used by accountants as a symbol to represent a number nomenclature exists or follows like a protocol almost and it was just called hash.
Now it's got a new name and a completely different meaning ie it's now hashtag and a protocol for "search the following" if you've got twitter -- I'm not on twitter -- that's for twits like trump. But now the hash sign is to be bassturdadised again because of one long list of garage that needs to be searched entirely.
What happened to search exact phrase?
CB has it slightly back to front. It is a way for the authors of tweets or instagram posts to highlight key words so that their target audience can find them.
Some history.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag
"Search exact phrase" is fine but that's again looking at it from the wrong direction.
Are you still getting over the re-use of the letters L and S to denote currency?
Eye iz yeah0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:Cowsham wrote:
Started out as a quick way of writing lb as in pounds weight but then got used by accountants as a symbol to represent a number nomenclature exists or follows like a protocol yada yada yada yada?
#=fracture
#aaarrrggghhhithurts
#oh.blimey
How do you hashtag #NOF ? is it ##NOF?0 -
FatTed wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:Cowsham wrote:
Started out as a quick way of writing lb as in pounds weight but then got used by accountants as a symbol to represent a number nomenclature exists or follows like a protocol yada yada yada yada?
#=fracture
#aaarrrggghhhithurts
#oh.blimey
How do you hashtag #NOF ? is it ##NOF?
Would that be
NOF----Neck Of Femur
NOF----Not On File (maybe)
NOF----Notice of Findings
Or
NOF----Non-Ossifying Fibroma (bone disease)
#Ihateacronymsandhashfkingtags0 -
well it was in reply to Matthewf use of # as Fracture, so it would be Neck of Femur0
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Rolf F wrote:rjsterry wrote:Are you still getting over the re-use of the letters L and S to denote currency?
There's a shop near me that sells sandwiches called Mr £andwich. I have no idea what a Landwich is........
I'm wondering if the proprietor decided to copy the U.S. counterpart Mr $andwich and invented a malapropism? 0 -
Malapropisms - just don't get them.0
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keef66 wrote:Rolf F wrote:rjsterry wrote:Are you still getting over the re-use of the letters L and S to denote currency?
There's a shop near me that sells sandwiches called Mr £andwich. I have no idea what a Landwich is........
I'm wondering if the proprietor decided to copy the U.S. counterpart Mr $andwich and invented a malapropism?
Mr $andwich? The exchange rate is still about $0.8 to the L. That's where the benefit of chlorinated chicken comes in! Unless the $andwich is bigger than the Landwich...... :?Faster than a tent.......0 -
Keith Vaz. Don't get him.0
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The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Robert88 wrote:Malapropisms - just don't get them.
They seem quite self-inflammatory to me.0 -
A plastic bowl in the sink.0
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Chip butties0
