Tweedledee, Tweet at Me, Tweedledoo, Tweet at You

Been doing a lot of Twitter reading today, and I must say, language is the strangest thing. 

b4 Anzaldua, nvr rlly thought language=identity. kinda creepy when u think bout all the extinct languages. Are the speakers dead too? 

who died first, the language or the speaker? u no, here in the u.s. we preach freedom of speech, but how come u cnt speak no lang. but Eng?

not tryna say anything but this one time i was just sitting wo sayin anything at a meal and this old lady ask if I don speak Eng. like wtf?

Because my skin is tan and I'm silent, I can't speak English? What do you mean "you never know?" Excuse me, but isn't that #indirectracism?

srry for venting a bit, just a reminder that silence does not mean you have nothing to say. Language=Communication. Communication≠Speech

Ive been around two languages my whole life, English and Tagalog, but Im not fluent in the latter. It's hard to live w a foot in both worlds

if language shapes what u think, bilingual+ ppl must have a really cool worldview, bein able to think the same thing twice differently.

What limits you in one language you can express freely in another.

I am a cat

吾輩は猫である

俺は猫だぜ

わたくしは猫です

あたしは猫わよ

僕は猫だよ

What kind of cat are you?

Is language limiting or liberating? Can we scorn those w accents or those who speak in dialect? Are they deviants or languages of their own?

InfoSec Taylor Swift@SwiftonSecurity

How does anyone learn English as a second language? I've been doing this 25 years and I still don't know how many commas to use. 

@SwiftonSecurity Spoken lang. evolves faster than written bc we like to have a standard of comparison. To have a leader for "real" language

Then does standard language (English), not exist then? You can sort of ignore rules when you're famous, and we don't write how we speak, so

standard is used by everyone, so why does english use grammar rules based on latin for the sake of dead white guys? thats not our standard 

Must language be limited to words?

Rajiv Malhorta@RajivMessage
@saasira Agreed, especially since Sanskrit is not merely a language but the fabric of an entire civilization

Issa Celestine@Issa_GOLD
But then when I remind myself music is the universal language, and I am spreading the universal consciousness / light, it all makes sense.

Young Entrepreneur@YoungTrep
Finance is a language you have to learn if you want to create a rich life'

In order to exist, language must be an effective tool for communication. Right? (•ิ_•ิ)?

Jon Winoker@AdivicetoWriters
In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean
ARTHUR KOESTLER

Steve Stifler@StevStiffler
i am reminded that english is a flawed language every time I am forced to use "that that" in a sentence

it's not fair that that happens

Devon Batti-LoveYa!@DevonDoesTweets
Language is a blessing and a curse. Everyone interprets words differently. Consider all perceptions of what is spoken to you and others. ._.

On some level, we can('t) all understand each other. Even words can't convey everything about another person's heart. 

If what I've written was a skeleton, then this must be the meat, right? Or something like that. Twitter really makes you KISS.

bc you must KISS, it's easy to get to the point. no space for the unnecessary exists. The meaning must be clear.

But it is also hard to develop an idea when you must KISS. And keeping track of a chain of thoughts can be hard when reading.

When your thought is short enough, Standard English is fine. But more complex, or more difficult to say thoughts, must be shortened somehow

And a single idea over two tweets feels choppy. 

But as for talking with others, it's like being able to take conversation notes. You never have to lose your train of thought. Just tweet it

Don't think Standard English is necessary, or even effective, in a lot of situations. Guess we really don't need it.

Tweeting doesn't limit your use of language. It just forces you to be creative with expressing yourself.

 Each tweet should be a be all, end all, I think, to really work. 

Lang. is the ability to communicate effectively. Direct, living lang. is best way to cnvey meaning, tho smtimes lacking, and shdnt b ignored

Notes: If you don't get it, go google it!

Never Hold Back #LIVEWITHFIRE

In a shoe advertisement, a woman is bent, mid-leap, jumping over a tire atop a wooden box. She is the picture of athleticism, muscles prominent, dressed in her exercise attire of red sports bra, black shorts,  red long socks and red Reebok sneakers. She's breaking through chains as she jumps.  To her left is a red box with the words "Never Hold Back" written in large white font. The box in its entirety reads "Never Hold Back./ Reebok One Series Apparel/Powered by BAREMOVE/Move with freedom in ONE SERIES APPAREL, powered by the BAREMOVE system. Engineered for functional movement, there's nothing to hold you back from holding nothing back./Learn more at reebok.com/baremove/#LIVEWITHFIRE." To the woman's bottom right is a white box with "Reebok" written in it, the last thing to catch your eye in the image.

We might first consider the composition of this image. The left side, of the image, on the backside of the woman, is a dark wall, and the right side is white light, which comes through a window. With the chains painted white for contrast, we might say that the woman is jumping from darkness into light. And isn't that rather appealing for people? We see the color white as good, and black as bad, so while you may not notice it at first the ad might be saying that if you have these shoes, you can be good. You too, can come into the light.  

But, good vs. evil struggle aside, this ad does leave us with a few stereotypes to consider. The woman in the photo, with tanned skin, is most likely white when we factor in the texture and color of her hair. From one point of view she might be seen as portraying what a woman "should" be: fit, able, and skinny. Sports or athletic gear related ads tend to only show one type of person using their products- someone who is already fit.

However, the ad is also empowering. While the text in the box may not be expected to be read beyond "Never Hold Back," the ad is meant to encourage the viewer to exercise, to show that women too can be successful with physical fitness, as we can see with the use of a muscular model. Traditionally, we might think of men as being the ones who exercise. Also, showing that the woman is breaking through chains can leave a variety  of messages: of breaking past your personal boundaries, or maybe on a larger scale of women breaking the boundaries society has in place for them. In that sense, "Never Hold Back" can mean not only to not hold yourself back, but to not let society hold you back either.

And of course, all you need to break free is a pair of Reeboks.