An American woman with the Twitter name @theashes has become incensed after being bombarded with messages about the Ashes cricket series between Australia and England.
The woman, a prolific tweeter from Massachusetts who enjoys knitting and the Glee TV series, grew increasingly irritated at the messages sent via the microblogging site over recent days.
“I AM NOT A FREAKING CRICKET MATCH!!!” read an exasperated message on Saturday, after a series of bad-tempered tweets.
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“This is not the account of the cricket match. Check profiles before you send mentions, it’s incredibly annoying and rude,” she wrote earlier.
Cricket fans had mistakenly included her Twitter name on their messages instead of #theashes or #ashes, which are used by contributors microblogging about the series.
@theashes, who has sent nearly 9,000 tweets about work and family life, could be in for a testing few weeks with the five-match Ashes series not winding up until Jan. 7.
@theashes has decided to make the most of her new found fame by selling T-shirts featuring her rant. The T-shirts cost US$19.99 each and can be found at http://www.spreadshirt.com/not-a-cricket-match-C3380A6775834.
(AFP WITH STAFF WRITER)
一位於微型部落格推特上帳號為「@theashes」的美國女性,近日遭到正在進行的澳洲對英國「灰燼杯」板球比賽球迷大量留言轟炸而生氣。
該女性是來自麻薩諸塞州,經常發表推文,且喜歡打毛線與「歡樂合唱團」電視影集的網友。最近幾天於微型部落格上越來越多的留言使她越來越生氣。
在留了幾則透露她生氣的推文後,星期六終於火大寫下「我不是個殺千刀的板球比賽!!!」
她日前留言表示,「這不是板球賽的帳號。請於留言前檢查個人資料,這實在是太令人惱怒與不禮貌。」
與其使用拿來討論比賽的#theashes或#ashes等帳號,板球球迷誤將她的推特帳號包括在他們的留言裡。
已經有將進九千則關於工作與家庭生活推文的「@theashes」,到一月七日「灰燼杯」板球五場比賽結束前,還得經歷幾個星期的煎熬。
@theashes決定多加利用這天上掉下來的名氣,販賣印上她的憤怒的T恤衫。每件T恤價格十九點九九美元,並且能於連結http://www.spreadshirt.com/not-a-cricket-match-C3380A677583購得。(法新社/翻譯:吳岱璟)
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