Twitter, of course, would get credit for RT, but I can't see it catching on in speech. How would you even use it in 'real life'? There's a comedy spoof waiting to be written here about some friends at a pub, and one 'retweets' the first one's speech to the others, ad infinitum.
"Hey Joe, I was talking with Steve, and he told me that the written word is being butchered."
"Hey Joe, RT Steve the written word is being butchered."
Look at how much more concise my speech becomes!
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