According to the Global Language Monitor, Twitter snagged the #1 spot in a list of the top words in 2009.
The top fifteen words included Obama, H1N1 (no vowels...is that a word?), Stimulus, Healthcare, Unemployed, and Vampire. Truly, a snapshot of our culture at the end of this decade.
Hmm. I voted for a different candidate, H1N1 hit 30% of our family, we didn't see any money from the stimulus, our healthcare costs are over $1000/month, one of us may soon be unemployed, and, *cringe*, I saw New Moon by myself and enjoyed every minute. At first glance, I thought the list was far removed from my life, but I guess I was wrong.
Hindsight provides better adjectives and nouns, by which to remember my '09: Wicked~the musical, competition trophies, sixteenth birthday, first job, baseball, tournaments, dance team, New York, family vacation, cousins, movies via books, teaching, friends & concerts, Psalms, songs, reconciliation, love...
What words describe your life experience in 2009?
PS: I Twitter, do you?!
I've heard H1N1 pronounced "Hiney".
I don't think I'd want the "hiney" flu, either. It sounds unseemly.
Hmmm...
Sweet little boy, railroad toy, bathroom tiles, friendly smiles, hand lending, unemployment ending, Carolina Hills, paid off some bills, Tea Party gathering, missed mountain traveling, bulging bookends, converting liberal friends, stomach flu camping, Vicki likes the Vampire thing, jobwise afloat, new NRA coat ...
That's the best I can do in the time alotted ;-)
I have a twitter account, but I don't tweet.
Hey, you can hook your Twitter into facebook. My buddy Scott does it. Pretty cool.
Posted by: Phil Leith | December 15, 2009 at 03:20 PM