March 4, 2009

Good Morning America Tried To Explain Twitter Today.

Just two days after Jon Stewart ~~reported~~ ranted about Twitter on The Daily Show, Good Morning America jumped on the Twitter wagon this morning, and the only way it could have been lamer is if they called it "The Twitter." "Tweeting is big on Twitter." Yes, indeed, tweeting is big on Twitter. It's, in fact, the only thing you can do on Twitter. Big news media Twitter stories are all terrible, but this one is particularly bad:

Ashton Kutcher wants "creps"? Not "crapes"? I'm no French speaker, but everyone I know pronounces it "crapes." This story would have been great if they had only featured Diddy's tantric sex tweets instead.

Posted by Lindsay at 2:15 PM in Morning Zoo
Tags: Good Morning America | Twitter

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10 Comments

I think the Twitter Guy they interviewed takes his job too seriously.

Posted by: CarolineA

at 03/04/09 2:34 PM | Reply
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It's spelled "crepes", but pronounced like crapes.

Posted by: nakedpainter

at 03/04/09 2:43 PM | Reply
Score = -5

Actually, the French word sounds mostly like "creps," but "abcdude" doesn't really commit fully to an American or French pronunciation, so I guess he's still wrong. Either way I don't give a fuck whether Ashton Kutcher wants to eat some.

Posted by: Carrie

at 03/04/09 3:09 PM | Reply
Score = 6

Amen. If I ever join a celebrity's Twitter account (or whatever the fuck you're supposed to do), that is the signal to drown me in the dog bowl, John Waters-style.

Posted by: RobinRubbermaid in reply to Carrie's comment at 03/04/09 3:55 PM | Reply
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Actually, because Videogum is the premier website for French pronunciation and I want you guys to maintain your reputation, crêpes is pronounced "crep." No S sound. Of course, if you're speaking English, then there is absolutely no reason to pronounce it that way, just like how we say Paris (not 'Paree') and 'ordurves'. Anyone who insists on using the French pronunciation in an English conversation is an insufferable pedant.

This post brought to you by a French grad student (MY DEGREE IS FINALLY USEFUL)

Posted by: Dumbelina

at 03/04/09 3:27 PM | Reply
Score = 14

Yay, final answer.

Posted by: Lindsay

in reply to Dumbelina's comment at 03/04/09 3:44 PM | Reply
Score = 2

"GMA"

that's tight.

Posted by: reid28 at 03/04/09 4:10 PM | Reply
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I love how each news segment about twitter references/shows clips from the twitter segments that preceded it. By this time next week when the Today Show does their obligatory twitter segment, half of the 2 minutes will be completely devoted to clips from previous twitter segments.

Posted by: meANDmy_mONKEY

at 03/04/09 6:12 PM | Reply
Score = 2