Is Twitter [was: Tweeter] changing English?

[Wilson Gray]

Reminds me of the old song by Ike & Tina: Sharp as a Mosquito's
Tweeter, euphemized from "sharp as a skeeter's peter" =
"well-dressed."

-Wilson

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> 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."
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> May I please repeat the question, sir?  :-)
> Joel
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> 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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>>University of Illinois
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>>read the Web of Language:
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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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-Wilson
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