Friday, March 2, 2012

Tweetin' Crawdads, anyone?

Click here to learn more from the New York Times about a graduate student who argues that Twitter may be a rich source of information about regional language differences (e.g. Where do people say "Coke"? Where do they say "pop"? Where do they say "soda"?)

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  1. I've been meaning to comment on this, but never remember to actually go through with it. While the article was interesting, the comments were more so. I think that Twitter could be a good source, but Facebook would be better. I know that Twitter is popular in the much more populated areas (NYC, LA, etc), but many people don't use it, which could potentially give technically false information. I know of a handful of people who use Twitter, whereas everyone I know (excluding my grandma) has a Facebook account. Even my mother has a Facebook. Of course, you already know this... :-/

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