[image: CAP News] ACLU Pushes To Rename Hashtags As 'Pound Signs' [image: ACLU Pushes To Rename Hashtags As 'Pound Signs'] The anti-hashtag movement is gaining momentum among a portion of American youth disillusioned with the direction of popular memes.
CARSON CITY (CAP) - The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a legal brief with the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals seeking to revert the naming of the metadata denotation term *hashtag* to its original locution as *pound sign*. Lower courts had ruled to keep the current nomenclature. "For Chrissake, we'd even be okay with calling it a *number sign* as a nod to our Canadian friends," said ACLU spokesperson Josh McElroy. "Or a *sharp sign* or *viewdata square* - or even friggin' *tic tac toe*. "We're not trying to be difficult here, but that symbol has been around for well over a hundred years," noted McElroy. "Who the hell does Generation Y think they are to just up and change its name?" SHARE [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201311001&t=ACLU%20Pushes%20To%20Rename%20Hashtags%20As%20'Pound%20Signs'> [image: Reddit]<http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201311001> [image: Google Plus] [image: Twitter]<http://twitter.com/home?status=ACLU%20Pushes%20To%20Rename%20Hashtags%20As%20'Pound%20Signs'%20-%20http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201311001> [image: StumbleUpon]<http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201311001> u.s. NEWS Supreme Court To Vote On Civil Rights For Wiggers<http://www.cap-news.com/report.php?id=201308005> al Qaeda Drops 'Share Everything' Plan, Foils NSA<http://www.cap-news.com/report.php?id=201307001> 'Coffee Pots For The Poor' Program Goes Belly Up<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201306001> Justice Dept. Seized Cosmo Records Seeking Sex Tips<http://www.cap-news.com/report.php?id=201305008> Anti-Zombie Groups Fight Pitchfork Control Legislation<http://www.cap-news.com/report.php?id=201304001> In its "friend of the court" brief, the ACLU argues that America has chosen not to adopt European units of measure and the naming that goes with them, so the same should be held true for the term *hashtag*, whose origin is British. "Our forefathers fought and died to separate themselves from British influence," McElroy said. "We're undoing 250 years of history with a single keystroke. "With that said, our efforts against the naming and distances of American road races is still ongoing," he added. The group also points out that because verbalization of the phrase *pound sign* is a bit bulkier than saying *hashtag*, people will be less likely to overuse the term in conversation, thus helping to ensure its longevity as an Internet meme of its own and ultimately its survival in the American lexicon. "Hash is a food and tag is a game, and never the twain shall meet," said International College of Applied Linguistics professor George Thompson. "I just completely undermined the cause by using a British phrase, didn't I?" Recent polls by the Coalition for the Protection of Punctuation show strong support not only for the return of the phrase *pound sign*, but also to eliminate use of the word *dot* to describe a period, regardless of context. IN OTHER NEWS A new report reveals Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has his fingers crossed every time he says he wants amicable diplomatic relations with the West. "We started getting suspicious when he wouldn't shake anyone's hand," said a source. "So we think his Peaceful Bomb Program may be code for something else." TODAY'S TOP STORIES Lead Found In Some Halloween Candy<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=200711002> Google Building Live-Action Minecraft On Barge In Bay<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201310007> Pediameth This Year's Top Halloween Treat<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201010008> NCAA Bans All Rules From Sports<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=200710010> NYC Replaces Horse-Drawn Carriages With Rickshaws<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201310006> [image: Fake Advertisement] CAP NEWS AUDIO Law Offices Of Joey Gouger <http://www.cap-news.com/audio.php?id=223> [image: Law Offices Of Joey Gouger]<http://www.cap-news.com/audio.php?id=223> America's favorite shyster is back with an all new way for you to get what's rightfully yours from those who think it's rightfully theirs without letting the law get in the way. FROM THE VAULT [image: IOC Strips Bruce Jenner Of 1976 Gold Medal] <http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=200711001> November 01, 2007 TO UNSUBSCRIBE, HIT REPLY AND ASK TO BE REMOVED FROM FUTURE MAILINGS. -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
