This is a screen grab of what's trending on Twitter in the UK right now. Does anyone know how Twitter work our what's a two word trend and what's a one word trend?
For example, Ian Holloway is trending because of his superb rant about Wayne Rooney (watch it, it's hilarious). But why isn't that listed as Ian AND Holloway? Presumably because that's pretty simple to work out that the words are trending togetehr.
So how do we explain Bilbo AND Baggins trending separately?
Someone? I've always wondered.
Maybe there's a list of words that are recognised as people's names, and "Bilbo" and "Baggins" are too unusual to be on it. That seems unlikely, though, actually. Strange.
Posted by: Joshua Goodwin | Oct 22, 2010 at 16:52
Maybe there's a split among LOTR fans, and some are referring to "Bilbo" while others are using "Baggins?" Both are fairly unique names, so you don't need both terms, especially with limited characters.
Posted by: katie t | Oct 25, 2010 at 13:16