A SOUTH Tyneside girl was forced into leaving Twitter after asking if Wimbledon was held in London every year.
Georgia Ford described herself on the social networking site as being 21 years old, a Sunderland AFC supporter and a ?canny lass?.
But, yesterday, she was subjected to a tirade of abuse after she tweeted: ?Is Wimbledon always held in London??
The seemingly innocent question was retweeted thousands of times as other users rushed to reply with abusive and sarcastic responses.
She later explained that she thought Wimbledon was purely the name of the competition, and that it perhaps moved location each year.
But it was too late to stop comments, which are still being posted this morning despite her closing her account.
One user, who calls themselves @Beant1, said: ?Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox I see!!?
Whereas another, @LaurenceTGreen, tweeted: ?Wow, that Georgia Ford tweet from earlier is possible the dumbest thing I?ve ever heard.?
But other users were quick to jump to her defence.
One, @paullewismoney, reposted her question with the added reply: ?No. Before 1965 Wimbledon was in Surrey. So not a daft question.?
She also attracted the attention of some celebrities, including former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan who reposted the remark to his 2m followers with the answer: ?No, sometimes it?s in Paris.?
And others criticised the cyber bullies who forced her from the website, with @jamesrbuk tweeting: ?Looks like @georgia_ford has deleted her Twitter account.
?For asking one silly question. Nice work, Twitter mob. Feeling good??
Another said: ?Anyone who abused @Georgia_Ford for a simple mistake needs to have a long hard look at themselves. Sort yourselves out for goodness sake.?
