My dad is a Doctor Dolittle. He certainly has a way with animals. He interacts with them like people, mostly because he is a man who lives out in the country, and animals are the closest things to talk to. He has regular people conversations with animals; and like Dr. Dolittle, it is not limited to cats or dogs. Currently, he has 2 cats and 3 dogs and a frog that comes and sits.
One day when I visited dad, he surprised me by telling me the conversation he was having with a bird outside. Rarely does my dad get excited about things. Most of our conversations consist of the weather and typical daily chores. But on this day, my dad carried on about his interaction with the bird.
Dad continues, “Marie, the bird would make a sound ‘tweet, tweet’ and then I would echo back, ‘tweet, tweet.’ Then dad would start it, giving a new pattern, ‘tweet, tweet, tweet,’ and the bird would reply back, ‘tweet, tweet, tweet.’ The bird copied the pattern!
My dad carried on about their conversation, and his eyes lit up, and he was very animated, excited about this forged relationship with yet another animal. My favorite part however, was that my dad said, “Hey, now I’ve tweeted!” My mouth dropped open in utter surprise. I didn’t even know he KNEW what tweeting was!
This interaction with my daddy got me curious about the origins of Twitter and just had to look it up. And though Wikipedia isn’t a formal, technical way of finding things out, it most certainly has a line or two that suggests how it came about.
Dorsey has explained the origin of the “Twitter” title:
…we came across the word ‘twitter’, and it was just perfect. The definition was ‘a short burst of inconsequential information,’ and ‘chirps from birds’. And that’s exactly what the product was.[
It was quite an interesting article. You can read more about it HERE.
Later that day, I heard the “twitter” of the birds and just smiled a sweet smile just thinking that maybe a man like my dad could have been an originator of the first tweets.
Another glorious day with my daddy. :0)
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July 29, 2014 at 6:25 pm
what a lovely story to share, and so funny that your dad got caught up in the social media whirl and tied it into his own life with the animals. looking at the origin, the name seems perfect. )
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July 29, 2014 at 6:33 pm
Agreed Beth!
Just perfect. It was so cute watching this little frail man doing this banter back and forth, and then just quickly saying, “now I’ve tweeted.” :0) thanks for the feedback. ~Marie
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July 29, 2014 at 6:44 pm
I’ll have to ask your dad to help me learn the Twitter arena. 🙂
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July 29, 2014 at 10:36 pm
Well…you go outside your back door…stand close to a tree…hee hee. :0)
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July 29, 2014 at 11:50 pm
🙂
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July 29, 2014 at 8:11 pm
yay and it is never too late ! 🙂 Perfect id!
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July 29, 2014 at 8:27 pm
You’re right!
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July 30, 2014 at 5:10 pm
Cute story…
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July 30, 2014 at 5:48 pm
Thank you! Made me smile
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July 31, 2014 at 7:57 am
Cute and funny story about your dad and tweeting…. I loved it… As fast as things fly (and all the chitter chatter) on twitter it does seem a lot like birds chirping away all day long (and night).
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July 31, 2014 at 8:00 am
Thank you Tena! He was so cute telling the story, I HAD to tell it! Glad you stopped by. I’m looking forward to exploring your blog more. :0) Marie
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September 18, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Reblogged this on writingwingsforyou and commented:
This one was so funny, I HAD to use it for Throwback Thursday. We chatted about this just this week. Makes my heart smile. ENJOY!
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September 18, 2014 at 5:20 pm
G’day Marie,
Love this story, maybe because I spend more time talking to our four footed, feathered or fur covered friends that live here than I do with people, hahaha
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September 18, 2014 at 5:22 pm
You made me smile! That’s my daddy, through and through…talks to all his critters….
Have a GRAND day! Thanks for stopping by.
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September 18, 2014 at 5:31 pm
you know i loved this!
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September 18, 2014 at 6:24 pm
Thank you!!!!
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September 20, 2014 at 9:34 pm
This cracked me up! You go, (your) Dad! My Dad, had he still been around, would have embraced Facebook and Twitter, too! He loved nature, birds and being connected to a lot of people in his community!
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September 21, 2014 at 4:35 am
My dad does not embrace this new age…he used his computer for a short time to play Spider and some of the other card games…He was on FB for a whole day! I was so surprised he knew what Twitter was….but he does love talking to his animals!
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September 21, 2014 at 6:12 pm
Hello Marie, I was wondering about the silence, decided to visit your page since I was missing you, got to read this beautiful twittering post. When are we getting a topic for next collaboration? Love, Soul 🙂
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September 21, 2014 at 7:06 pm
Hello! Yes, I do have a topic and I’m so excited people still want to do it. It’s certainly fun for me…I love what we create together!
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September 21, 2014 at 11:59 pm
I’ve got it! Check the Poetry Collaboration button.
And thanks for checking in….it made me smile.
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September 22, 2014 at 10:14 pm
I will do the needful, thanks Marie. Hugs 🙂
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