That's What "Friend" is For? Minicast - 18 June 2009

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🗓️ 18 June 2009

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How can the word 'friend' possibly describe both the people you went to school with *and* the people to whom you are connected through Facebook and MySpace? Are friends on the social sites really friends? Is there a better word to describe someone who follows you on Twitter? A caller thinks the English language could use some new words to differentiate among varying levels and types of friendship. -- Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time: Email: [email protected] Phone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673 London +44 20 7193 2113 Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771 Site: http://waywordradio.org. Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/ Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/ Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/ Skype: skype://waywordradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.3	interesting calls with you that didn't make it on the air last season. A while
1:08.7	while back Andrea called us in her search for words that better describe the levels of
1:12.2	friendship we can have.
1:13.8	How can the word friend possibly describe both the people you went to school with and the people
1:19.0	to whom you are connected through Facebook or MySpace?
1:22.2	Are the friends on the social sites really friends? Is there a better
1:25.6	word to describe someone who follows you on Twitter?
1:28.0	Andrew, do you really feel like a new word or new words is the solution here what is the difficulty with the
1:35.4	adjectives describing friend why doesn't saying my my bicycling friends or my
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