Twitter 2016 guide of Crazy
Second year on Twitter completed ! Below, you're going to find what Crazy has been up to on Twitter in 2016 plus a few tips about Twitter's language code and rules.
If you first want to take a peek at last year's
overview, you can head over there first.
Let's start with a ‘Happy New Year' tweet in the different official languages of the European countries :
It was posted on Twitter by :
OU Languages
Twitter name : @OULanguages
Description : Account for the Languages team at The Open University School of Languages and Applied Linguistics
Tweeting place in the world : United Kingdom
Tweetted or not tweetted ?
Sometimes I re-tweet images other people have already tweeted. Sometimes, I tweet my own images and sometimes I tweet images that I find on other websites. In this last case, I haven't always found the Twitter account of the websites in question and so you won't see them in the green rectangles under the tweets …
Now, let's dive directly into the summary of the best tweets of 2016 thanks to a few other language maps. (Click on the tabs to see the different tweets of each section.)
#1 – Language maps
Pangea
Open Culture
Twitter name : @openculture
Description : The best free cultural & educational media. Twitter's CEO @Jack said, “If you aren’t following @openculture it’s time to start. Good way to learn a lot.”
Tweeting place in the world : Mountain View, CA
Endonyms
Kur
Le Monde Diplomatique
Twitter name : @mdiplo
Description : « Le Monde diplomatique », mensuel critique d'informations et d'analyses — Une question au sujet d'un abonnement ou d'une commande ? abo@monde-diplomatique.fr
Tweeting place in the world : Paris
Tip: languages on Twitter (click here)
On Twitter, you're alloted 140 characters per message. As you know, one character in English is a letter. One character in Chinese is a logogram (representing a word or a morpheme). Just imagine how much you could say if you learned how to write in Chinese !
#2 – Latin and old linguistic stuff
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The Latin Programme
Twitter name : @LatinProgramme
Description : The Latin Programme is a charity working with state primary schools to improve literacy through the study of Latin. We believe Latin is for everyone!
Tweeting place in the world : Greater London
Rare
Atlas Obscura
Twitter name : @atlasobscura
Description : The definitive guide to the world's hidden wonders.
Tweeting place in the world : Everywhere
Teacher
Juan Aguilar
Twitter name : @latinategua
Description : Linguæ Latinæ Magister. Mundo Clásico, Software Libre y lo que se me ocurra. TANTVM ERVDITI LIBERI.
Shake
No Sweat Shakespeare
Twitter name : @easyshakespeare
Description : @easyshakespeare is the official http://NoSweatShakespeare.com site twitter account – making Shakespeare easy and accessible for all!
Tweeting place in the world : The World
Voc
Carmenta Latin School
Twitter name : @Carmentalatin
Description : Learn Latin, Ancient Greek, & 95 other subjects online with Carmenta. Online Latin, Ancient Greek, and Core-Subject PhD Tutors. Learn Latin the Carmenta way!
Ancient Origins
Twitter name : @ancientorigins
Description : The best in archaeology,exploration of lost civilizations,sacred texts,ancient places,artifacts, mysteries & unexplained phenomena. Always keeping an open mind!
Tweeting place in the world : London
#3 – Linguistic humor
China
Sensible Chinese
Twitter name : @fluentchinese
Description : Neat-o Chinese learning stuff.
Tweeting place in the world : London
Trans
PoliLingua
Twitter name : @polilingua
Description : #Translation #transcription #services, high #quality, native #translators, affordable rates, lots of #languages supported.
SMS
Steven French Languages
Twitter name : @ffrenchay
Description : French, Spanish and English teacher. Passionate about languages. Technophile. Teacherpreneur.
Tweeting place in the world : Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
Seine
Tip: Twitter language settings
There are 48 languages for you to choose from in Twitter's settings. See how the dashboard looks like when I choose Czech (which uses a definitely nice alphabet) :
2016 : year of the French Republic's newspeak birth
The next section is about one part of the ridiculous spelling reform decided by the French ‘Minister' of Education, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. Decided at the beginning of 2016, it's being implemented now. Not anymore capable or willing to teach spelling to kids at schools, the lady has logically decided to simplify the subject (and erase much spelling history traces at the same time). She is thus forcing a lot of spelling changes on people who have been able to learn it in their youth (that's my case, by the way …) In other countries, levelling people low and making the life difficult for those who want to stay standing is called a typical decision of communist management. Thus, be aware of it : nowadays, French written language doesn't evolve naturally anymore or only for a small amount of it that'll most probably very quickly be corrected by politicians !
#4 – The French circonflex accent
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A little explanation of the problem created by our French political bosses trying to control the way we write …
To read from bottom to top since the most recent messages appear on top !
Keyboard
Tatoo
Lars Yencken
Twitter name : @larsyencken
Description : The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now.
Tweeting place in the world : Stockholm, Sweden
Pivot
Bernard Pivot
Twitter name : @bernardpivot1
Description : Apostrophes, Bouillon de Culture, Double je, Ecriture, Football, Gourmandise, Homme, Interview, Journalisme, Kiosque, Lire, Mots………….Zut.
Accents
Ils ont changé l'orthographe des manuels scolaires … Je ne peux juste pas y croire ! They've changed the spelling in school books … Can't believe it !
#5 – Animal talking
Birds
Chimp
Esperanto
Dolphins
What The F*** Facts
Twitter name : @WhatTheFFacts
Description : All (& only) things that make you say WTF. Official Account of What The F*** Facts.
Humans
Twitter name : @SciencePorn re-tweeted
The Gentleman's chair
Twitter name : @TGAComics
Description : The Gentleman's Armchair is a comic. http://thegentlemansarmchair.com So is Directive:Space http://www.directivespace.com
Tweeting place in the world : Salt Lake City
Tip: in what language to write
The dashboard of Twitter comes in 48 possible languages, BUT you can write in even more exotic languages. Just set your keyboard to whatever language you know, click on the tweet button and write !
#6 – Scripts
Cyril
Klallam
Indian Country Today
Twitter name : @indiancountry
Description : Indian Country Today Media Network – Serving the Nations | Celebrating the People
Tweeting place in the world : New York, NY
Ru/La/Gr
Juan Aguilar
Twitter name : @latinategua
Description : Linguæ Latinæ Magister. Mundo Clásico, Software Libre y lo que se me ocurra. TANTVM ERVDITI LIBERI.
Dragon
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#7 – Itchy Feet Comic Special
Driving
Itchy Feet Comic
Twitter name : @ItchyFeetComic
Description : Malachi Ray Rempen's weekly comic about world travel, learning new languages, and life as a foreigner. If you like those things, you'll like ITCHY FEET!
Tweeting place in the world : Berlin, Germany
Foreign
Itchy Feet Comic
Twitter name : @ItchyFeetComic
Description : Malachi Ray Rempen's weekly comic about world travel, learning new languages, and life as a foreigner. If you like those things, you'll like ITCHY FEET!
Tweeting place in the world : Berlin, Germany
Numbers
Itchy Feet Comic
Twitter name : @ItchyFeetComic
Description : Malachi Ray Rempen's weekly comic about world travel, learning new languages, and life as a foreigner. If you like those things, you'll like ITCHY FEET!
Tweeting place in the world : Berlin, Germany
Portuguese
Itchy Feet Comic
Twitter name : @ItchyFeetComic
Description : Malachi Ray Rempen's weekly comic about world travel, learning new languages, and life as a foreigner. If you like those things, you'll like ITCHY FEET!
Tweeting place in the world : Berlin, Germany
Translating
Itchy Feet Comic
Twitter name : @ItchyFeetComic
Description : Malachi Ray Rempen's weekly comic about world travel, learning new languages, and life as a foreigner. If you like those things, you'll like ITCHY FEET!
Tweeting place in the world : Berlin, Germany
Tip: Twitter language translation
If you've set your Twitter language to be English, then every time a tweet is not in English, you'll see a little Earth drawing on which you can click to get the translation. No need to copy-paste the tweets somewhere else. Here is how it looks before you click on the little earth :
and after (I added the purple arrow, you won't see it on Twitter !) :
To be noted, this beautiful little example is a recent tweet from :
Paris ZigZag
Twitter name : @ParisZigZag
Description : Paris ZigZag est le site des Parisiens curieux, pour découvrir et profiter de #Paris autrement !
Tweeting place in the world : Paris
#8 – French
Texting
Annie André
Twitter name : @AnniesInFrance
Description : Living, working, playing & eating in France. Equal parts weird, wacky & wonderful. Written by Half Thai / half French Canadian American Expat. Confused yet?
Tweeting place in the world : Montpellier, France
Fr/Fr/Fr
Y'a pas le feu au lac
Twitter name : @kantutita
Description : Suissesse qui a la bougeotte. Fan de linguistique et de chocolat. Je ❥ le Québec et le Japon. Écolo, féministe & plein d'autres défauts. Journaliste IRL
Tweeting place in the world : Nancy, France
Fromage
French Words
Twitter name : @frenchwords
Description : Every day, new French words, quotes & facts to discover. Why? Because French is beautiful. • Created by @julienazarian. • Enquiries: bonjour@frenchwords.fr
Tweeting place in the world : Paris, France
Paris
Ancient Origins
Twitter name : @ancientorigins
Description : The best in archaeology,exploration of lost civilizations,sacred texts,ancient places,artifacts, mysteries & unexplained phenomena. Always keeping an open mind!
Tweeting place in the world : London
Nice year, no ? Let's end it with two super motivational tweets :
It was first posted on the web by :
Pretty Designs
And my favorite :
This last one was first posted on the web by :
So, what do you think ? Did you enjoy this overview ? Let me know in the comments below !
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