Monday, April 8, 2013

#nowthatchersdead, What's the Use of Punctuation?


Those of you who have ever tweeted or used Twitter will know that a hashtag (#) is used to highlight and index topics of interest.

When this hashtag appeared this morning, it created some confusion: #nowthatchersdead

The topic could have been either

  •  #nowthatchersdead = Now that [famous singer] Cher is dead ...

or

  •  #nowthatchersdead = Now [former British Prime Minister Margaret] Thatcher is dead ...

Which was the right story? Who, in fact, died?




If you still don't know the answer, check out this Toronto Star article.


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