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I'm trying to get people to pronounce it "eggs" as in

Eggs, the site formerly known as twitter. So instead of a tweet you "egg something".

I think it gives the site the dignity it deserves.



Not bad. I still prefer Xitter though. The X is pronounced 'sh'.


That's a good one; another good one is birdchan.


Lay down some yolks


i like Xitter and Xcrete


Right, but the letter "X" may be pronounced "Eggs" and people may not even notice that you're not pronouncing it in a cool "Dimension X" scifi way with reverb and stuff.

Double Yew, Eggs, Why, Zee / Zed

Eccentric billionaire Elan Mosk, while cosplaying Howard Huges, Laid an egg that "he is going to make a wooden rocket that can land on the fondue oceans of the moon"

[edit: added the zed for friends who count on their hands starting at the thumb not pointer finger]




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