Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agoI finally get the joke I think on calling X (twitter) xittermessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1116arrow-down1message-squareI finally get the joke I think on calling X (twitter) xitterAussiemandeus@aussie.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoWhat? It’s just “X + twitter = xitter”, isn’t it?
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 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-up8·4 days agoIntentional, though you’re the first person I’ve seen link it to Mandarin.
minus-squarerealitista@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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.
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.
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