Wednesday 17 February 2016

A new part of speech - Hashtag

Now whether it's twitter, fb or any other platform; in all the updates or posts, one thing is common and that is the 'Hashtag'.
So, what does Mr.Google has to say about it?
It says that, "Hashtags are used on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The # symbol goes in front of a word or words to group that tweet or post with other tweets or posts about the same topic. It all started back on Aug. 23, 2007 with a tweet by San Francisco techie and former Google developer Chris Messina."
Any set of characters preceded by a hash is a hashtag and it can initiate a "trend" or attract more users to a discussion.
No matter how stupid a hashtag looks in a status, it is still very useful if used properly.
How?
It can club all the messages with a similar theme or content and make it easier to discover them all at one place.
In fact, Hashtag deserves to be added to formal English grammar as a new part of speech in accordance with syntactic functions and set of rules.
It could be defined as, "Used in place of a sentence to eliminate the need of a full sentence but the meaning conveyed or undertone should remain the same."
For example, A sentence like "Wow! what a bright sunny day. I simply love it.", could be replaced with "#brightday #sunny #lovingit". So, simple isn't it?
Below I'm working on a few more examples.
Read them and let me know if you agree with adding hashtags to parts of speech.

1. The demand for a law to deal with honour killings still hangs fire. To love cannot be a crime in a nation that is aiming to be a superpower
#love_is_not_a_crime #justice #punish_killers #no_honor_killing

2. To understand the real Russian achievement in Syria, one has to look at the balance-of-power dynamics in the battlefield before the Russian intervention.
#complex_battle #russia_in_syria #read_theHindu_opinions

3. The weather is too lovely to write a blog. My friend suggested that I should go out and enjoy instead of working on the screen. Nature isn't kind always.
#love_nature #chuck_work #go_out

So, now that we saw all these examples, don't you think it is good to create a new part of speech? :D
Trust me, it'll eliminate all the fuss about appropriate grammar, long sentences etc. It'll be like when in doubt - Use hashtags and smileys :D
Over a period of time, it won't even sound weird if you begin speaking in hashtags as well, like, "Hey! Good morning Jeff. How are you? Hashtag formality :P"
It'll make things simple, easy and kind of nerdy. It'll be much easier to flaunt your vocabulary by using multiple hashtags for a word like, "#castigate #sedition #deplorable #dissidence #jnu"
Hashtags will become the smartest addition to an otherwise formal and complex language. Speak your heart out with 'hashtags'.
Now, ending my article with relevant hashtags to convey everything.
Note - Especially for the readers who found it too long to read, Read it here.

#lovehashtags #random #stupidbutfun #easyread #lovewriting #usehashtags #speakhashtags #comment #like #share #thanksforreading :D

For more information on hashtags:
Read here and here.

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