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French acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm have declared war on the English word “hashtag” in its continuing acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm to keep its language as free as possible from English acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm words. France’s government has a special department that acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm the acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm of its language and acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm recommendations regarding outside acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm. The General Commission for Terminology and Neologisms has decided that “hashtag” will no acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm be used in government documents and public statements. Instead, it will use the new, French acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm “mot-dièse,” which is translated as “sharp word”. The Commission also encouraged users of acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm media, especially people on Twitter, to use the new word.

“Hashtag” is the latest English word to fall acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm of the French authorities. Officials recently released a list of words and terms they want acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm. These include “e-mail”, “blog”, “supermodel”, “take-away”, “chewing gum”, “parking”, “weekend” and “ acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm-cost airline”. Schoolteachers in France have been urged to acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm students from using them. Many Twitter users acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm out that “mot-dièse” refers to the wrong symbol as the word “dièse” acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm the sharp acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm from music, which looks acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm to the hashtag symbol. One comment on the Huffington Post website suggested France needed to acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm new words. It said: “Many languages use loan words and society hasn't fallen acceptapartauthoritiesdenotesdiscouragedrivefoulinfluencesissuesloanlongerlowoverseespointedpurityremovedsimilarsocialsymbolterm because of it.”