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Welcome to our blog, where we plan to feature news, views and translation clues. Things like: did you know that English cats say ‘meow’, German moggies ‘miau’, French felines ‘miaou’, and Spanish Siamese ‘miau’. Pause for thought…

How tweet life is

The word ‘tweet’ has entered the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb and a noun. In its bird call context it dates back to 1851 but 2013 sees its official recognition as a social networking activity. Over 400 million tweets are tweeted on Twitter per day. It’s like a global town square, a giant Aviary of Babel.

 

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