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Why when you use twitter is it called tweeting and not twitting? - 11B3X - 11-18-2012 12:59 PM
When you use something called twitter you are twitting if you want to tweet then you would use tweeter.
- Shae - 11-18-2012 01:07 PM
just think about it do that really sound rite look up what a twit is why would u be twitting ? plus a bird say tweet not twit
- defiorephoto - 11-18-2012 01:07 PM
There are a few reasons. First, to twitter is something that happens when a lot of birds begin tweeting at once. A collective form of tweet, if you will. So each individual broadcast is a tweet. Also, twit is altrady taken in the noun form as a derogatory, so to call it twitting would not be good PR. Finally, they woudln't call the website "tweeter" since that's the term for a small speaker for high frequencies.
- Sarv - 11-18-2012 01:07 PM
Twitting is generally not used.
The word are tweeting, tweets etc.
More info on twitter:
http://twittercollection.blogspot.com/
- Bhups - 11-18-2012 01:07 PM
The word Twitter came from verb 'Tweet', so for obvious reasons when you use Twitter, you are Tweeting
