Apparently Twitter has really hit the mainstream (or at least Fox News), because even my grandma has heard about it.
I was sitting in her kitchen yesterday, minding my own business, when she said to me, “Do you twitter?” Not waiting for my response, she continued. “I saw it on the news. Anna [my sister] and I were waiting for the elevator at the mall, and I asked her if she twitters. She said no, but you do. I asked her what you twitter, and she said you would probably twitter ‘I’m getting on the elevator now.’ Would you do that?”
“I might,” I replied, indignantly.
“Well I can’t imagine why anyone would be interested in that,” she said.
She looked at the baby and said “Sammy, are you going to twitter?” and then turned to me and said “Can you imagine what he’ll be twittering? He’ll probably be twittering with someone in Europe!”
I let that one go.
“Where’d that word come from, anyway? Twitter. It’s a cute word. Your cousins, do they twitter you? No? But they have that Face Space thing, right?”
Just then (fortunately) my cell phone rang.
“Your phone’s ringing,” Grandma said. “Someone’s twittering you!”
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For those of you, like Grandma, who still don’t get Twitter, I bring you “Twitter in Plain English.”
Now go sign up at twitter.com and follow me (@momminitup) and Jenny (@jennyitup), and if you have trouble finding others to follow, let us know and we’ll hook you up with our peeps!
Haha!!! My Grama just mentioned Twitter the other day too. Apparently they were talking about it on The View. If it’s on The View, Grama is in the know.
It’s always interesting to get a glimpse of how older generations perceive technology, isn’t it?
I had to explain facebook to my mom and her sisters this weekend…they didn’t understand at all.
after just receiving a friend request from my mom on facebook, I know believe that all social marketing channels will be used by the masses in no time!
such a funny post!
FYI… I also told Grandma you had a blog in an attempt to explain the conference in Nashville. She was like “a what?”
Face Space!!! That so rawks. Love those Grandmas.
At least she’s heard of Twitter. I have ppl my age (27) who are still like, “Huh? What’s a Twitter?”
My darling hubby (who is on Twitter) continues to call it Tweeter. And he calls a tweet a “twit.”
Your grandma is cool. Mine only used to talk about her cataracts… which Jenny was privy to a few times and is still is haunted by the experience, I’m sure.
Gotta love grandmas!!! 🙂
Grandma’s can be funny!
This is hilarious! The Europe reference really cracks me up. I mean, that is so much a part of the beauty of new technology!!
That’s funny. It’s great when the older generations try to keep up with current trends!