Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI finally get the joke I think on calling X (twitter) xittermessage-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareI finally get the joke I think on calling X (twitter) xitterAussiemandeus@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoWhat? It’s just “X + twitter = xitter”, isn’t it?
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoYeah, but the x in Chinese is sh So people calling it xitter is shitter I don’t know if it was intentional or not but it’s funny
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoIntentional, though you’re the first person I’ve seen link it to Mandarin.
minus-squarerealitista@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI know nothing about the Chinese language but I knew it was pronounced Shitter. Maybe because I know how Xi is pronounced, but I think maybe more how Xmas is Christmas.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoChristitter, the premier religious microblogging site on the web.
What? It’s just “X + twitter = xitter”, isn’t it?
Yeah, but the x in Chinese is sh
So people calling it xitter is shitter
I don’t know if it was intentional or not but it’s funny
Intentional, though you’re the first person I’ve seen link it to Mandarin.
I know nothing about the Chinese language but I knew it was pronounced Shitter. Maybe because I know how Xi is pronounced, but I think maybe more how Xmas is Christmas.
Christitter, the premier religious microblogging site on the web.