If so that’s a huge marketing failure. It makes no sense now that the name and logo have nothing to do with birds.

God Elon is a dumbass if they’re still called tweets.

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Phone lady: X Post Dial de gozaimasu.

Office worker: Etto ne, ano ne… Daishikyuu ne, tweet wo shitai n’desu kedo ne…

Phone lady: Sumimasen, mou “tweet” de wa nakute, namae ga kawarimashite, kongo wa “post” to yobu you ni shite kudasai.

Office worker: Aaa, “post” ne, “post” ne, hai hai, jaa post wo onegai shimasu.

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I’m referencing this video to be clear

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They’re called Xeets, and they’re pronounced “skeets”

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I’ve heard someone call them X-Cretions

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IDK, I think X makes a more “Sh” sound. So you would be putting out a Xeet, on Xitter.

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I think the X makes a lateral click sound like in isiXhosa, Elon Musk is after all a South African with a good family history of respecting the local indigenous cultures

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I get my understanding from the friend in middle school who taught me Chinese communism is based, actually. His last name is Xi, and I was always told to pronounce it “Shi”.

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Looking into it.

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brb gotta take a xit on the xitter

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Shitting on the shitter

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Yes. And I use the true chapo trap house name: "Elon Musk’s Dumpster Fire formally known as Twitter.

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I watched ’s interview with the CNN guy because I enjoy seeing him say unhinged shit, and every time he talks about it, he refers to “posts on the X platform.” He says the whole thing, every time. No shorthand or less awkward branding. It’s gloriously dumb.

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“X” will never really be the name as long as the website is still twitter.com.

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