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By: How and What to Write for Twitter | Connect Digital

How and What to Write for Twitter | Connect Digital — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:45:09 +0000

[...] it differs from everyday language in some very specific ways. Back in 2009, Oxford University Press looked at almost 1.5 million random tweets, and found some interesting distinctions between their content and that of text in general usage. [...]

By: How and What to Write for Twitter | SEOptimise

How and What to Write for Twitter | SEOptimise — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:14:03 +0000

By: Could I have written 3 additional novels last year instead of tweeting? « Steve Umstead: Paginations

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:59:04 +0000

[...] to the Oxford University Press, the average tweet is 14.98 words (call it [...]

By: Be Careful What You Tweet: The OED Is Watching « Tennant: Digitial Libraries

Fri, 28 May 2010 05:55:27 +0000

[...] Dictionary — "the definitive record of the English language," mind you — monitors the language used on Twitter. [...]

By: RT this: OUP Dictionary Team monitors Tw… « AuthTweet

RT this: OUP Dictionary Team monitors Tw… « AuthTweet — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:21:58 +0000

[...] http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/oxford-twitter/ [...]

By: Twitter, Telegrams « ANDREWYAKOVLEV

Twitter, Telegrams « ANDREWYAKOVLEV — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:45:20 +0000

[...] variable. Going back to Twitter I looked for statistics and found this Oxford University blog post Total tweets = 1,496,981 Total sentences = 2,098,630 Total words = 22,431,033 Average words per [...]

By: The second most popular word on Twitter? "I"

The second most popular word on Twitter? "I" — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:18:55 +0000

[...] According to the people at Oxford University Press, “no doubt this reflects on the intrinsically solipsistic nature of Twitter.” No doubt… [...]

By: La vita dei microbloggers è davvero noiosa come scrivono? - Commenta la tecnologia, la telefonia, i software

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:12:29 +0000

[...] perchè uno studio analogo realizzato dalla Oxford University Press su 1.5 milioni di messaggi su Twitter, ha mostrato risultati leggermente diversi. [...]

By: Study: Study: Microbloggers are Really Boring « ResourceShelf

Study: Study: Microbloggers are Really Boring « ResourceShelf — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:56:45 +0000

[...] See Also: OUP Dictionary Team monitors Twitterer’s tweets (via Oxford University Press USA Blog) [...]

By: Study: Microbloggers are really boring

Study: Microbloggers are really boring — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:19:08 +0000

[...] said, earlier this year the Oxford University Press studied 1.5 million tweets to see which words were found most [...]

By: ⇔ The Helsinki Institute for Information Technology finds that people tend to update their statuses with “mundane” messages

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:14:06 +0000

[...] said, earlier this year the Oxford University Press studied 1.5 million tweets to see which words were found most [...]

By: Stover Style: A President’s Blog » Blog Archive » Tweet, tweet

Stover Style: A President’s Blog » Blog Archive » Tweet, tweet — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:39:41 +0000

[...] http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/oxford-twitter/ [...]

By: english school oxford

english school oxford — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:48:37 +0000

Interesting information. But it’s obvious that Twitter doesn’t represent the English language. Like texting, it uses its own rules and conventions. I can see it changing the English language over time, just as texting has, by implanting certain shorthand slang.

By: Dictionaries starting to recognize Twitter terms? « CyberText Newsletter

Dictionaries starting to recognize Twitter terms? « CyberText Newsletter — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:41:57 +0000

[...] OUP Dictionary Team monitors Twitterer’s tweets” from the Oxford University Press USA blog (http://blog.oup.com/2009/06/oxford-twitter/ where they discuss some of their findings from monitoring close on 1.5 million Tweets since January [...]

By: RT this: OUP Dictionary Team monitors Twitterer’s tweets : OUPblog | Learn English Online With Me

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:31:53 +0000

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By: Set Phasers on Tweet: A Star Trek Snowclone Blizzard on Twitter : OUPblog

Set Phasers on Tweet: A Star Trek Snowclone Blizzard on Twitter : OUPblog — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:22:48 +0000

[...] and enjoy these recent Twitter examples of a prolific snowclone, in the spirit of recent posts on Twitteration and Trekitude. By the way, since I totally love the new Star Trek movie, and I dearly love Twitter, [...]

By: templetonpress

templetonpress — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:54:28 +0000

I’m re-tweeting this post to my account right now, lol! (<-10.69ish words, use of I, use of gerund verb). Ok, one more half sentence for the stats. (<-1.40ish sentences, use of Ok)

By: Onderzoek: veel ‘ikke, ikke’ in Tweets | Twittermania

Onderzoek: veel ‘ikke, ikke’ in Tweets | Twittermania — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:58:57 +0000

[...] recente studie van Harvard bleek het al: ijdelheid is een belangrijke drijfveer om te Twitteren. Onderzoek van een aantal lexicografen van Oxford University Press bevestigt dit. Zij hebben sinds januari 1,5 [...]

By: ThickCulture » Whither Twitter, Where are You Taking Us?

ThickCulture » Whither Twitter, Where are You Taking Us? — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:33:20 +0000

[...] dictionary team at the Oxford University Press is on top of the sitch. Here’s some of their observations:: “Since January OUP’s dictionary team has sorted through many random tweets. Here are [...]

By: Language Links » How Twitter English — Twenglish? — is different

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:21:54 +0000

[...] Lexicographers at Oxford University Press have analyzed over 1.5 million tweets since the beginning of the year, and have come up with a number of statistics and conclusions. [...]

By: ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » Oxford University Press Dictionary Team Monitors Twitterer’s Tweets

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:48:01 +0000

[...] From the Blog Post: OUP lexicographers have been monitoring more than 1.5 million random tweets Since January 2009 and have noticed any number of interesting facts about the impact of Twitter on language usage. For example the 500 words most frequently used words on Twitter are significantly different from the top 500 words in general English text. At the very top, there are many of the usual suspects: “the”, “to”, “as”, “and”, “in”… though “I” is right up at number 2, whereas for general text it is only at number 10. No doubt this reflects on the intrinsically solipsistic nature of Twitter. The most common word is “the”, which is the same in general English. [...]

By: Elise

Elise — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:11:22 +0000

I’m really confused.

Of course there is an especially high number of “ing” verbs. Are you guys unaware that the entire point of Twitter is answering the question, “What are you doing?” That is the premise upon which it was built.

By: Gregory is … contemplating the linguistics of statusing at Gregory Korte

Gregory is … contemplating the linguistics of statusing at Gregory Korte — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:22:44 +0000

[...] This post is a compilation of previous observations I’ve made, mostly on Facebook or on in this comment currently awaiting moderation at the Oxford University Press [...]

By: City Site Guide » OUP Dictionary Team Dissects Twitter

City Site Guide » OUP Dictionary Team Dissects Twitter — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:50:05 +0000

[...] to the study, the average tweet contains 14.98 words and the most popular word is “the.” In [...]

By: Michael Muller

Michael Muller — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:33:05 +0000

Good start. The prevalence of gerunds is not surprising, given the present-tense question that prompts the user.

What have you found about the word-length and sentence length, in comparison with (a) language in general, (b) other forms of electronic communication, (c) other terse forms of electronic communication (e.g., SMS)?

What have you found about the vocabulary choices, in comparison to the same domains as listed above? Does twitter form a sociolect?

thanks