Twitter index: Captain Jack Sparrow infiltrates Twitter as fans await 'Pirates of the Caribbean 4'
Twitter users are excitedly awaiting the worldwide release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
"It seems like a few of ye be excited for Captain Jack Sparrow to return...who will welcoming him at midnight on Thursday?" tweeted @DisneyPirates.
"Captain Jack Sparrow," the name of the main character in the film series, has risen to eighth place on the chart, as Twitterers confess their love for the character played by Johnny Depp.
The hashtags "#top10lies," "#youwerecooluntil" and "#thatswhyursingle" fill the first three entries on today's most talked about topics list.
Twitter users are providing updates and posting photos of the devastating "Slave Lake" fire that has swept through the town in northern Alberta, Canada.
"English GCSE," short for England's General Certificate of Secondary Education, is in fourth place, the name of Kenyan long distant runner "Samuel Wanjiru" is in sixth place, the name of American comedy "Tommy Boy" is in seventh place, and the name of American basketball player "Taj Gibson" is in tenth place.
International Monetary Fund chief and would-be French presidential candidate Dominique "Strauss-Kahn" is being criticized on the microblogging platform after being arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
"No-one told Dominique Strauss-Kahn that being Director of the IMF doesn't mean you get to do to people what the IMF does to countries," tweet a chorus of Twitterers.
The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on May 16 at 7:30 AM GMT are:
#top10lies
#youwerecooluntil
#thatswhyursingle
English GCSE
Slave Lake
Samuel Wanjiru
Tommy Boy
Captain Jack Sparrow
Strauss-Kahn
Taj Gibson
