Twitterers can update their entire lives within 140 characters. Every space, every punctuation mark, every adjective, noun, and verb is optional. If it gets the message across, 140 characters is optimal. With so many people on Twitter and text messaging, literature as an art form is undergoing radical changes. Imagine What would it have been like in the good old days when Am Lit was a required college course. Let’s take a look!
War and Peace in 140 characters :Rus’n wnter,ballrm dncing, Napl’n Bpte rtrt Mscw, Anastasia, bleak, cold, white dog,borscht,frgid,tundra,french defeated, boiled cabbage…
Ok, that looks easy enough. Let’s try something harder!
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in 140 characters :4scre7yrs ago,4fthers bought 4th a nu natn, we cannot dedicate, nor can we consecrate ths grnd, gov’t by ppl 4 ppl will nvr prsh frm d earth
Kinda choppy, but then again, it is the best thing ever written.Now let’s try some American Fiction!
Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, in 140 characters: Bu Radly, Atticus fnch, Clprnia, flwrs, Easter, brd motifs,Jem&Sct,1 armd mn, ded-I fnch, mddog,geraniums,flrpots,chffarbe,hse fire, blanket
Thank heaven Harper Lee stopped after one novel!
Now, lets take a quick peek at TwitterTalk for the dating singles.
TwitterGirl:SWF iso SM 4 mvies, lng wlk on beach, cuddlng. Likes hback rding,cndles,dislks rude n aggressive.Mst b tall,rich, n sngle, no games.Fmly man
TwitterGuy: wanna f&*k?
Notice that TwitterGuy doesn’t actually need to USE 140 characters to get his message across. Quick, concise, and to the point.
And finally, workplace Twitter, 140 characters or less.
TwitterBoss :140 pages due tmmrow, bdgt mtng @3pm, prjctns revw,projct assmnt,allcte nu pking spce,dctate 4 memos, wilksn 2 head nu prjct, overtime req’d
TwitterWilkenson:r u kdding?
TwitterBoss: n
TwitterWilkenson : i qt.
TwitterBoss : n. U dnt qt. U fired.
Yes, the Twitter makes for clear concise communication between management and underlings. Tweet Away!
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