To be annoyed by the word Xmas?

[Alisonjayne8]

That's it really, whenever I read it in a thread, it winds me up. I prefer christmas, Xmas sounds wrong when speaking it out loud.

Just say Shitmas, that's what it is.

Another institution ignorant of what the X in Xmas means then.

to you!

I often say… Crimbo!

I don’t mind it, it’s definitely preferable to Crimbo!

And a merry crimbo to you @Sartre !

That’s it, now you know. No one says ‘x-mas’ out loud like they’d say ‘x-ray’. It’s just quicker than writing out the full word. I can imagine if you are saying ‘x-mas’ in your head that is annoying. Just see it and know it means Christmas.

But you don’t say Xmas, I don’t get it.

It's an abbreviation - you don't say it that way! I mean... you wouldn't pronounce 'etc' the way it's written, would you?

Oh the irony 😁😁

@SeaShellsSanctuary1 clearly relates to feeling “wound up” … by a lot in life! 😆

Exactly.

I love learning new things on MN such as the origin of “Xmas”.

And I’m really surprised you have heard people say it out loud because I don’t think I ever heard someone say it.