On Rio Ferdinand
The former England captain was found to use the least sophisticated vocabulary of all the well-known footballers who regularly post 140-character messages on the social-networking website.
A language analysis tool found 88 per cent of his words were ‘basic’ with another 11 per cent ‘intermediate’, the Mirror reports.
Other Premier League stars who also fared badly were Newcastle’s Joey Barton – 50 per cent basic – and Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere – 43 per cent basic.
Ferdinand has hit back at the findings though and on Tuesday posted: ‘So if u shorten words to get wot u want in within 140characters it makes u a twit?! I think that's working well within the 140 boundaries!’
He added: ‘I swear down, we need more than 140charcters on ere, I want 2 get tings across wivout avin 2 use numbers 4 words!’
Ferdinand is the most popular Premier League star on Twitter with over 1.1million followers.
No real surprises here then. Rio has always looked like that character in the Beano, the one with a big lip and ears and in some gang of kids.
No surprises with Barton either - he must be the missing link to neanderthal man.
A little surprised about Jack Wilshere - though he was a bit brighter than that.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/865584-rio-ferdinand-defends-twitter-posts-after-his-vocabulary-is-labelled-basic#ixzz1Ogd32nTD
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posted on 8/6/11
So far I reckon Joey Barton has best vocab. Ferdinand also called a journo 'fat p**
posted on 8/6/11
All this does is confirm that the Metro and the Mirror are some of the worst 'news publications' out there.
Studying use of words on twitter and trying to draw conclusions!???
How is that, in any way, 'news'??
posted on 8/6/11
Ok I heard you the first time
posted on 8/6/11
Rio has always looked like that character in the Beano, the one with a big lip and ears and in some gang of kids.
posted on 8/6/11
Now i feel sorry for you, dude.
posted on 8/6/11
They haven't explained what the other 1% was, is it less than basic, more than intermediate or is their maths terrible?
posted on 8/6/11
Educational standards are dropping like a stone.
Did you know that there are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binery, and those who don't
posted on 8/6/11
What a shock! A footballer having a poor vocabulary.