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minus-squareDr. DabbleslinkfedilinkEnglish30•2 years agoMy only question is do we pronounce the “x” in xitter like “x” would be pronounced in a Chinese word? “Sh-itter”?
minus-squareLucasWaffyWaflinkfedilinkEnglish37•2 years agoI pronounce it Twitter and will continue to dead name the website for as long as Musk dead names his trans child.
minus-squareDr. DabbleslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThat’s my camp as well. But I’m willing to call it shitter when necessary. :D
minus-squareLucasWaffyWaflinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoTwatter works fine for me in that regard lol
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakeslinkfedilinkEnglish16•2 years agoYes, it is pronounced Shitter, and Tweets are now Toots.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoYea I always used “Xcreations”. Nothing but shit anyways…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 years agoDo NOT associate Mastodon stuff with that shit
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoWhat term constituted “mastodon stuff” to prompt your comment? Haven’t yet tried mastodon so just curious.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoA guy pledged a bunch of money to the creator of Mastodon if he named the posts “toots”. So the name stuck and Mastodon got a bunch of server and development funds.
My only question is do we pronounce the “x” in xitter like “x” would be pronounced in a Chinese word? “Sh-itter”?
I pronounce it Twitter and will continue to dead name the website for as long as Musk dead names his trans child.
That’s my camp as well. But I’m willing to call it shitter when necessary. :D
Twatter works fine for me in that regard lol
Yes, it is pronounced Shitter, and Tweets are now Toots.
X-creets
Yea I always used “Xcreations”. Nothing but shit anyways…
Do NOT associate Mastodon stuff with that shit
What term constituted “mastodon stuff” to prompt your comment? Haven’t yet tried mastodon so just curious.
A guy pledged a bunch of money to the creator of Mastodon if he named the posts “toots”. So the name stuck and Mastodon got a bunch of server and development funds.
Toots
Tweets are now Sharts!
That’s how I’ve been doing it.
I just pronounce it as ten.