Re: "his myspace"? "my myspace"?

On Wed, 31 May 2006 17:23:25 +0100, Peter Duncanson
<mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 31 May 2006 15:49:08 GMT, Bob Cunningham
<exw6sxq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


I think I've learned a new word this morning. In the "Zits"
comic strip, one of the teenagers is saying "He posted it on
his myspace".

It appeared that "myspace" might be being used as a synonym
of "Web site". I wondered how commonly it's used, so I
Googled. I now know there's a Web site called
"myspace.com", which is intended to be a hangout for
teenagers to talk about whatever teenagers like to talk
about, but has become also a hunting ground for sexual
predators. There's a fairly lengthy discussion of the site
and its problems at http://tinyurl.com/rqwbe *.

But my question is, which came first, the use of "myspace"
as a synonym of "Web site", or the Web site myspace.com? I
can imagine either one growing out of the other.

I'm still wondering how prevalent are phrases like "his
myspace", "my myspace", "her myspace", and "their myspace".
Google isn't much help with that wonderment, because
Googling on, for example, "my myspace" gets hits like "my
Myspace page", "my Myspace site", and other phrases that
aren't on target.

Comments?


MySpace is an online service where people can publish their photos,
journals, etc.
http://www.myspace.com/

So "his" MySpace refers to the area of the MySpace website where
"his" material is stored.

It is a service for people who do not want the effort and expense of
owning and administering their own websites.

*
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.dcom.telecom/msg/10717e79cfd9cbe6?dmode=source&hl=en

Second attempt at a reply:

I had not noticed the use of "myspace" in the non-MySpace sense
before the introduction of the MySpace service.
--
Peter Duncanson
UK (posting from a.u.e)
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