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by drawkward 768 days ago
>Xitter

Is that pronounced "shitter"?
5 comments
saalweachter 768 days ago
skitter -- the leading X should be pronounced as the reverse of the trailing X. Xylophone, xenon, xray.
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DoesntMatter22 768 days ago
Twitter is actually pretty great
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HarHarVeryFunny 768 days ago
Yes - like Xiaomi :)
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notaustinpowers 768 days ago
Exactly >:3c
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robofanatic 768 days ago
now that makes sense. It's a place to post whatever "shit" you have on your mind.
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datadrivenangel 768 days ago
more like 'zhitter', but zhi/shi are basically the same.
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OJFord 768 days ago
I thought the sound transliterated as zh was more of a hard 'j', vs the 'sh' of the sound transliterated as x?
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