Women of many words on Twitter

It's politically incorrect to suggest women have a problem with brevity. But former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will probably get away with the comment, since she tweeted it about herself.

Albright (@Madeleine) was responding to a tweet from U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower), welcoming her to Twitter.

Power called Albright "a consummate diplomat - as graceful as she is tough."

Power also said she's looking forward to seeing Albright translate her knowledge and experience into thoughts limited by Twitter's 140-character maximum.

Albright responded to Power saying "we are both women of many words (& ideas). Notice she skillfully used the ampersand to save herself two characters in place of writing "and."

But Albright finished her thought about women of many words by tweeting: "Brevity can sometimes be a challenge."

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It's the kind of crack that could have been a career-ender if a man had tweeted the same thing.

I find brevity just as difficult.

Later, Albright tweeted that she's delighted to be on Twitter, but now - "we just have to figure out how to get H Kissinger on board," a reference to the 56th Secretary of State - Henry Kissinger. Undeniably a man of many words.