(((Actual English, although it is in Twitter:)))
hotdogsladies NPR doesn't jump the shark so much as persuade it to sit in a totebag for a few minutes while Andrei Codrescu complains about something.
(((Next, the emergent world of microsyntax. Note that these departures are not mere terms of
web slang or argot: ROTFL, lolz, etc. These are actionable bits of verbal software. Programmers are actively building functionality around @, #, and URL-shorteners. If you interact with a microsyntax tweet, you will be thrown into other areas of the web. No previous form of written or spoken English can do this. Microsyntax is an emergent English/software pidgin.)))
(((There are also microsyntaxes in languages other than English. For instance, you might find a Norwegian microsyntax tweet and be able to handle it much better than you could if it were written in a crisp, lucid, fully- grammatical Norwegian.)))
(((Fluent speakers of microsyntax:)))
jeffpulver #140conf News flash! @Jack has joined the "Cast of Characters" of #140conf (http://140conf.com) and will be speaking on June 16th.
valdiskrebs RT @mvermut Hey @missrogue, Whuffie not new, just digitally enhanced http://bit.ly/o7zwr via @valdiskrebs @zenext. All about social grooming
AllenVarney RT @TheEscapistMag EA Has "Missed the Current Hardware Cycle": http://tinyurl.com/odps37 - live by PS3/Xbox, die by PS3/Xbox
dwell exciting things are brewing for @dwellondesign 09 in LA. unprecedented things. looking forward to announcing them. #DOD09
(((Imagine printing those out.)))
