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Miriam 🇮🇪 | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 I can’t call it “x”

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b99608ec | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @728613c4 It’s full name is Xitter, which of course is pronounced [Schitter]. That leads us to pronounce the platform-short name “X” just as [shit]. 

Some examples: “I just posted on X” [I just posted on Shit]. “There is so much crap being posted on X nowadays” [There is so much crap being posted on Shit nowadays].