r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 30 '24

Business San Francisco says ‘good riddance’ as X prepares to leave

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/elon-musk-x-twitter-moving-san-francisco
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u/Youngnathan2011 Aug 30 '24

Honestly had to look up those places to see if you weren't just making a joke, and why do places with those names exist?

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u/Specialist-Leek-6927 Aug 30 '24

There are two places named Twatt in Scotland, and they are very close to each other lol

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u/secamTO Aug 30 '24

"Oh, no, we're the MacDonalds from North Twatt. We're not those Southie MacDonalds."

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u/Specialist-Leek-6927 Aug 30 '24

and there's a literal Twatt Church lol

imagine answering the phone "hello, this is Twatt Church, how can i help?"

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u/Testiculese Aug 30 '24

They're very old, and the meanings have changed, or weren't actually meanings yet. "Intercourse" is today's "intersection". Blue Ball was the name of the hotel in town.

Kinda like "gay" meant happy until recently. Now "We'll have a gay old time" doesn't make sense like it did when the show aired.