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I'm really frustrated because I think "toot" is cute and I've never heard anyone actually use it to mean farts because that's just not a thing where I'm from.

And I do like that I can tell someone "could you toot that" instead of "could you post that on Mastodon", there is recognition value in that.

But if that's legit going to be an obstacle to people taking Mastodon seriously, it seems impractical for me to insist on that term. 😦

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@pineywoozle

@Gargron Toot isn’t the word Americans use for the sound an elephant makes. We say trumpet. Toot’s not onomatopoeic for us. What’s wrong with post?

Toot in a different language wouldn’t trigger the joke near as much. That said none of them seemed that functional either. Trumpet doesn’t work because it has too many negative connotations.

As kids millions of us sang “the bean the bean the magical fruit. The more you eat the more you toot”. “full of beans” = full of BS

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