
In the last section of Toni Morrison's novel "Beloved" (1987), a sentence is introduced, repeated ("It was not a story to pass on") and then varied ("This is not a story to pass on"). I have always read this as a parodoxical call to not retell the story that has
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Mr. Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani, received in Damascus a delegation from the #Kurdish National Council headed by Mr. Mohammed Ismail. During the meeting, #emphasis was placed on the unity and territorial integrity of #Syria.
The minister stressed the rights of #Kurdish citizens in #Syria, in a manner that reinforces the principle of equal #citizenship and preserves their cultural and #social #identity within a unified #Syria.
Even Weird Al knows quotation marks are not for emphasis ... 🤦
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Typography: It really does matter!
@ErikUden Well, sorry, but you are #totally wrong with "how to (not)use hashtags".
Hashtags have always been used in multiple ways. Especially in a digital world of communication, #emphasis is important to create context. With character limits and a lack of formatting, this was (and still is) a good method.
(Other examples: Bookmarks, grouping posts, e.g. for Events, ...)