Is Twitter [was: Tweeter] changing English?

[Joel S. Berson]

Sorry!  From my usual list of subjects ... er, excuses, I offer "It's
Friday".  Or "I think too much about bankrupt companies."  Or
"'Tweet' reminds me more of chirping than "twit' does."

May I please repeat the question, sir?  :-)
Joel

At 11/13/2009 06:57 PM, Dennis Baron wrote:
>Maybe it's that Twitter isn't changing much, but calling it Tweeter
>is? just saying.
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>On Nov 13, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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>>A friend has asked me if there are any studies on whether, and if so
>>how, Tweeter and other limited-message media have affected other
>>channels of English, spoken or written.  Simple opinions are not
>>unwelcome also.
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>>Joel
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