常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

twit → twat?

もうひとつ。Twitter関連で面白い(英国的な)言い回しを知りました。以下はThe curse of Twitterと題する記事から。さて,もう高田馬場へ行かなきゃ。(UG)
Why, David Cameron was once asked, don't you have a Twitter account? "Politicians do have to think about what we say," he replied. "The trouble with Twitter…the instantness of it… too many twits might make a twat." At the time, it was Mr Cameron who looked like a twit, as his opponents seized upon his crude language.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/7758070/The-curse-of-Twitter.html
Published: 7:03AM BST 24 May 2010