Twitt Or Tweet? Which Should It Be?
By Tom Foremski - May 19, 2008
Since the lexicon is still very young on many of these new types of media technologies, I would like to suggest the use of Twitt instead of Tweet to designate a post in your Twitter stream.
For example: "Did you see my Twitt about Tweets?"
Tweet sounds too sweet. Twitt sounds more self-effacing--more apt for the Twitterati-- so that they/we aren't seen or seem to be so pretentious, n'est pas?
Yea or nay in the comments please . . . and vote with the daily use of your choice!
By Tom Foremski - May 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Comments (3)
Hmmm.....quite the question, indeed. I have to go with "tweet" although I agree is does sound a little sugary. Twitt sounds like....well, an idiot, so I'm not fond of that option. And the only other alternative I could come up with is not appropriate to leave here, so "tweet" wins by default in my book.
Posted: May 20, 2008 12:00 AM
Tweet.
Perhaps "twit" becomes a sub-designation, indicating a critical or negative tweet.
Posted: May 29, 2008 10:05 AM
Josh: Great idea... Let's start using it.
Posted: June 2, 2008 1:00 AM