Twode to a Changing Culture

Emoji emotion
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The Language of Social Media
Who says a story can’t be told in 140-character tweets? Here’s a tweeted ode (a twode?) to a changing culture . . .

GAS. “Greetings and salutations” (or is it “Got a second?”) It could go either way. #AreYouConfused?

The language of social media is a universe of its own—a rapidly changing organism.

It’s a dialect of abbreviations, acronyms, emojis, emoticons, and haiku-like prose.

Even a cat can text faster than I can.
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I am not a maestro of text or tweet. #FullDisclosure

The internet is rife with cats and pudgy-fingered babies who can compose more dexterously and faster than I can.

I text with one finger, one hand. #TextWhileNoOneIsWatching

Those smartphone keys are tiny. #OKforDonaldTrumpHands

The new language of social media
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