Twitter messages differ by dialects in the United States

A new research by the Carnegie Mellon University users of the popular microblogging website Twitter differ by regional dialects. Thus, New-Yorkers say "suttin" for "something" while other say "sumthin."

As Twitter users have only 140 capacity to send a message they tend to shorten words so as to cram into the limitation and this happens differently across the United States,

"Written communication often is less reflective of regional influences because writing, even in blogs, tends to be formal, and thus homogenized," the study team said in a statement.

Thereby, users in southern California might tweet "coo" for "cool," while those in northern California are more likely to write "koo," the study found.

The word "very" is often expressed as "OD" in New York and "hella" in northern California, the study found.

The word "you" is often "uu" in New York but a single 'u' elsewhere, it said. Twitter users in large cities are more likely to use 'yu' than those in rural or suburban areas.

The study looked at 380,000 tweets by 9,500 users who wrote at least 20 messages via cell phone over a week in March 2010.