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Occasionally on Twitter, I see tweets from young native Japanese-speakers
like:

> おはようございま[鶴]{つる}

with the obvious meaning of おはようございます。

Is this change of ます to まつる just a form of slang, and is it commonly used and
understood?
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slang internet-slang
Is the ending ~ま鶴 just a slang corruption of ~ます?
Commonly understood, not commonly used. It sounds cute or annoying, depending
on your personal biases. It has no special meaning.
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As mentioned in the comments above, this seems to be just a small Twitter
following. The main user, YANAKIKU, is a musician, and changing the ending of
verbs to 〜ま鶴 seems to be their usage of artistic license, most likely to be
cute.

I haven't seen it used anywhere other than this, so I assume the meme (if it
can be called this) is really just for fans of the group.

Other examples from their twitter page include:

> おはようございま鶴♡ 昨日はありがとうございま鶴でした！
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> マシュー今日はありがとうございま鶴でした！マシューのMCだとなんともいえない安心感がありま鶴！ めっちゃかっこよかった♡
> 最後ご挨拶できなくてごめんね！これからもよろしくお願いしま鶴！
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> おはようございまつる

Not really something I'd be able use anytime or anywhere without feeling self
conscious ; )
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