Is the ending ~ま鶴 just a slang corruption of ~ます?


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?




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！
>
> 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！
>
> 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 ; )




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！
>
> 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！
>
> 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 ; )

