...then perhaps he should stop using words like paleolithic. I think that Twitter or Twitter users have the linguistic right to choose the word that means to use the service. Considering the existing standard grammatical relationship between the words, any English speaker reading about Twitter as a company name would be able to deduce the in context definition of the word tweet. Further, it becomes cumbersome to use the editor's suggested alternatives throughout an article heavily covering Twitter.
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If the Pentagon couldn't prevent the leak of the documents, what makes them think they can track down Assange.
...then perhaps he should stop using words like paleolithic.
I think that Twitter or Twitter users have the linguistic right to choose the word that means to use the service. Considering the existing standard grammatical relationship between the words, any English speaker reading about Twitter as a company name would be able to deduce the in context definition of the word tweet.
Further, it becomes cumbersome to use the editor's suggested alternatives throughout an article heavily covering Twitter.
I really don't care.
Get a pet squid. Problem solved.
This would be perfect on the iPhone 4 prototype.
Let me know when Slashdot wins or is nominated. Does the Pulitzer Foundation give out Karma Points?
...Terry Gilliam directed the USPTO.
Is professionalism a virtue? I like the notion of Ubuntu as being warm and fuzzy, especially with the adjective+animal names for the releases.
A good way to spend some of the $500 million they make from ads on typosquatting domains.