Twitter dialect says you are what you tweet – Rupert Cornwell, Commentators – The Independent

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This article from The Independent combines issues of language change, language and technology (the rise of Twitter), attitudes to language and American English/globalisation in a festival of ENGB3 relevant discussion and examples.

If my Y13 English Language students can’t use something from this in Wednesday’s exam then they’re probably not trying hard enough!