It was simply only a matter of time when ‘tweet’ was recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary as a real word, both as a noun and verb. Some would argue this was a sign of worse things to come but I don’t agree. It is simply language running it’s course. Language is always evolving with small changes happening going usually unnoticed. So what does the Oxford English dictionary define a tweet as?
“To make a posting on the social networking service Twitter. Also: to use Twitter regularly or habitually.”
I know what you are thinking, doesn’t a word have to be in use for at least 10 years before it can be considered? John Simpson, the dictionary’s chief editor defends this by saying, ‘it’s catching on’. Further proof that social media has tremendous influence on how we speak.
skills. So I thought I would do this in the form of a book review of my latest reading material.
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