Twitter reveals regional accents across the United States
Carnegie Mellon researchers analyzed 380000 tweets from March 2010 and 4.5 million words to map geographic dialects. The study notes South Californians write coo while Northern Californians spell koo, and Pittsburgh uses yinz with New York City using suttin for something. Jacob Eisenstein led the work.
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Social media language reveals regional Twitter variants
Carnegie Mellon researchers analyzed 4.5 million words from Twitter geotags to map regional trends in online speech. They found New Yorkers prefer youu and tired with emphasis on IT while Californians use hello for tired and Angelenos add as and pale others, showing identity expression and 140 character constraints shape online speech.
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MySpace Slashes Global Staff Amid Revamp Cuts
MySpace announces a near fifty percent global staff cut, about 500 workers, after an October revamp. CEO Mike Jones calls the moves tough but necessary to reach profitability and a leaner, more entrepreneurial operation amid a prior June 2009 round that cut about 420 jobs.
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