Words matter, so please can we not use "ouster" RT @sapinker Words matter: Was Morsi’s ouster a ‘coup d’état’? http://bit.ly/17Ns8cT
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@sapinker a popular coup d'etat like the Carnation RevolutionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker more like "Morsi Beau Coup"?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@SenatorLeahy MT "Words matter: Was Morsi’s ouster a ‘coup d’état’?" If religious army had ousted secular gov would be coup...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker It's only contentious if one assumes a coup cannot be beneficial in the long runThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker In Spain we call "pronunciamiento" to something which is NOT coup d'etat.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: Words matter: Was Morsi’s ouster a ‘coup d’état’? http://bit.ly/17Ns8cT ” FYI@JoWarner01 relates to your tweet from yesterday -
@david82wilkins@sapinker Thanks! That's so interesting. I still can't make up my mind what I think though :-) -
@JoWarner01@sapinker Me neither! Fuel for the intellectual fire though!
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@sapinker We got a Chicken Coop today, but since it's actually overrun with Ferrets we're calling a Coup.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: Words matter: Was Morsi’s ouster a ‘coup d’état’? http://bit.ly/17Ns8cT ”#semantics#cuestióndesemántica -
@franjosezamora@sapinker muy bueno! incluso cuestión de#semánticapragmática: la ocasión, ya sabes, la pintan calva...
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@sapinker: Words matter: Was Morsi’s ouster a ‘coup d’état’? http://bit.ly/17Ns8cT ” is this dilemma? Or just semantic choice ?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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(I am aware that "ouster" is fine in American English, but it just sounds SO WEIRD. Surely an ouster ousts someone in an ousting.)
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@TomChivers Isn't Ouster how Essex Girls ask for Oysters?
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