Acronyms Move From Text to Talk in Modern Speech
A.P. report examines how OMG WTF LOL and other acronyms seep from text and Twitter into spoken language. linguists note evolution, with figures like Palin Cooper and Maushart discussed. Experts say innovation enriches language, not destroys it, citing historical use and recency illusion.
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New York
Susan Maushart
Bill
Sarah Palin
CNN
Anderson Cooper
Scott Kiesling
University of Pittsburgh
Kiesling
Annenberg Public Policy Center
University of Pennsylvania
Palin
B.O.B
WTF
Cooper
Manshart
Sassy
Deborah Tannen
Greene
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Planes Passion Turns Into Hobby
Wing discovers model airplanes and builds a lifelong obsession. He served in the U S Army 1956 to 1958 and later worked driving a feed truck and hauling livestock. He collects, builds, and researches to keep the hobby alive while noting rising costs and changing youth interests.
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Wing
U.S
Gooch’s
Salina
Mike Ross
Tft
Alice
Dallas/ Fort Worth
Nettleton Kansas Town Lost to Plagues, Drought and Death
In Edwards County near the Arkansas River, the once hopeful town of Nettleton faded after founder John Fitch built a grand plantation and post office changes. A drought, grasshoppers and misfortune claimed his fortune and family, leaving three unmarked graves on the manor lawn and the settlement gradually vanishing from maps.
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Nettleton
Arkansas
Edwards County
Charlet
Ardell
Wendell
Centerview
Ted Taylor
Edwards County Historical Society
Kinsley
Taylor
Larned
Edwards/Pawnee
John Fitch
Chicago
Kansas
Myrtle Richardson
Santa Fe
Fitch
Fitchburg
Tiller and Toiler
Kansas Historical Quarterly
Fitches
Tiller
Toller
Kansas State Historical Society
Hutchinson News
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Charleston
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Baker Arts Center
Rafter & Liquor & Glazer’s
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Heritage Real Estate Group
Larry & Saundra Koechel
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Kerry & Juneil McQueen
Collins Diamonds
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Pershing Ave
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