20 April 2012

When you can't spell "cologne"


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  1. You can't have Twitter without Twits!

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  2. i can spell cologne very well but we write this way while in chats to save some time.. thats the part of the game.

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    1. That would be you, but a disturbingly high number of twits are not so lucky. Tweeting should force one to pick and choose truncations thoughtfully. That is, of course, if one is paying attention or cares. That's apparently asking too much for some. --A.

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  3. Reminds me of a programming quote: bash.org

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    1. This reminds me of the recent memorial of Christopher Hitchens:

      "British multi-hyphenate Stephen Fry prefaced his reading with some amusing remarks about his sometimes contentious relationship with Hitchens. After quoting Hitchens' declaration that "the four most overrated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and picnics," Fry, who is gay, remarked, "Three out of four isn't bad.""
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/20/christopher-hitchens-memorial_n_1441508.html

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