The Twitter snark brigade went to work this afternoon as “Siria” trended worldwide and in the United States.
https://twitter.com/C_Walker89/status/373519384742232064
GChat: "oh god, the day when siria starts trending… lets get chyna and rusha and grease trending."
— James DiGioia ? (@JamesDiGioia) August 30, 2013
https://twitter.com/joseph_paTRACK/status/373480868041338880
https://twitter.com/LeahByron/status/373477300043390977
Before you do too much weeping for our future, there is a reasonable explanation for the trend:
#Syria is spelled #Siria in Spanish. Call off the *Spelling/Grammar police,*there are more urgent errors in need of correction. 🙂
— Ellen (@_Simply_Ellen) August 30, 2013
PSA: #Syria is spelled #Siria in Spanish.
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) August 30, 2013
Demonstrators have reportedly gathered in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square to protest intervention in Syria.
https://twitter.com/mct475/status/373522180702613505
https://twitter.com/jerminx/status/373521346522648576
No a la guerra imperialista, contra la agresión a Siria. Madrid, hoy a las 20:00 concentración en Sol. pic.twitter.com/6LBnGGRQr9
— Paco Arnau (@ciudadfutura) August 30, 2013
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Madrid: Gathering in Sol sq against the military intervention over #Syria #Siria p/v @osec #NoALaGuerraEnSiria http://t.co/6n9FXlFXVc
— 15MBcn_int (@15MBcn_int) August 30, 2013
FOTO Manifestación en la Puerta del Sol de Madrid contra la intervención militar de EEUU en Siria pic.twitter.com/8WNiSypYPY
— eldiario.es (@eldiarioes) August 30, 2013
Still, we won’t rule anything out just yet.
Re: #Syria vs #Siria trending pic.twitter.com/UBgMDfRMgi
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) August 30, 2013
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