Comments on: Is there annything you’ve said here that could not have been equall well said in the 140 character limit set by Twitter? Well, if you ask me … https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/ Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:14:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Argon https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515180 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:14:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515180 Twat: One who Twitters.

Also, anything embraced by the GOP has got to be suspect.

]]> By: Crudely Wrott https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515179 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:47:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515179 Off topic and only because I’ve been empowered by the delightful Cuttlefish:

There was a young man from Hong Kong
Who had a trifurcated dong.
A small one for sucking,
One larger for fucking,
And a honey for beating a gong!

*. . . making the best of it since 1951 . . .*

]]> By: Cuttlefish https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515178 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:37:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515178 Didn’t know if //// counted. As you might guess, I don’t have a twitter account. Don’t get me started on what it does to sonnets, or the ballad form.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515177 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:30:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515177 Four too long.

]]> By: Cuttlefish https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515176 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:28:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515176 A poet attempted 2 twitter/And though he was never a quitter/His limerick forms/Did not match their norms/And his punchlines were left in the sh

]]> By: Mike Haubrich, FCD https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515175 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:06:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515175 NEB, we seem to be kindred spirits in our desires for more expansive language; I don’t think that using pens is the way to access the ability to write with more eloquence. I am moe musing on whether or not the change in writing and reading preference is due to the changeover from handheld (not palm device!) writing instruments to pens to keyboards.

I don’t think that there is a metaphysical relationship, of course being a hardcore materialist; I think that since writing with a keyboard produces more immediate results that writing has moved from being a deliberative process to a “quick results” process.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515174 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:58:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/02/21/is-there-annything-youve-said/#comment-515174 I still fail to see any purpose to Twitter, other than stroking the egos of celebrities or wannabe celebrities. Why would I want to hear about the minute to minute mundane machinations of other people? I lead my own life and that is sufficient.

…and yes, I did read Mike’s article and I disagree with those who profess to simplify language and make it less flowery. Stretching the vocabulary also stretches the mind and thought process. I disagree that handwriting is preferred.

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