twitter vs tweet: there's more than one way to do it
- 1twit·ter
- \‘twi-tər\ [from Middle English twiteren, akin to Old High German zwizzirōn to twitter] intransitive verb 1. to utter successive chirping noises 2a. to talk in a chattering fashion 2b.
giggle ,titter 3. to tremble with agitation :flutter transitive verb 1. to utter in chirps or twitters 2. to shake rapidly back and forth :
flutter - 2twit·ter
- noun 1. a trembling agitation :
quiver 2. a small tremulous intermittent sound (as of birds) 3a. a light chattering 3b. a light silly laugh :giggle - tweet
- \‘twēt\ noun a chirping note tweet intransitive verb (from Merriam-Webster Online)
I can’t believe people are already being prescriptivist over this.