Tweet Nothings - 13 June 2011

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🗓️ 13 June 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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How much humor and personality can you pack into a 140-character update? A lot, it turns out. Martha and Grant talk about funny Twitter feeds. Also this week, the origins of skosh and “can’t hold a candle,” why dragonflies are sometimes called snake doctors, whether the word pre-plan is redundant, and how technology is affecting the experience of reading. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.0	You're listening to a way with words. I'm Grant Barrett.
0:52.0	And I'm Martha Barnett. I have to confess
0:54.5	that the first time I heard about Twitter, I was really skeptical. I mean I was thinking
0:59.1	how much can you actually say in 140 characters but it turns out that sometimes you can say a whole
1:06.5	what and lately I've been amused by a Twitter feed it's called very short
1:11.7	story it's written by a guy named Sean Hill from Austin, Texas, and each of his tweets is written in such a way that it evokes this much bigger story that you fill in with your own mind. For example, how about
1:25.8	this one? I watched my brothers grow up from the woods behind our house hoping that
1:31.3	they would not make the same mistake of beating our father at chess.
1:35.0	Oh, locked in the attic for beating Papa, right?
1:38.0	There's a whole backstory we're not getting and that's the idea, right?
1:41.0	Something suggested.
1:42.0	Yeah, yeah, I mean it's kind of dark and and well how
1:46.2	about this one? As a newcomer I was devastated. The others tried to comfort me. It's okay.
1:53.0	Happens to everyone.
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