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I so enjoy watching this gent with lotsa of interesting tidbits!!

Howarth 6 Feb 14
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Titbits....you Americans are funny tits Tits TITS!

sorry dear, it's (tid)bits: a small and particularly interesting item of gossip or information.
"they were hoping for tidbits about the family" but I do like tits! ALOT!!

@CarlHowarth
titbit
/ˈtɪtbɪt/Submit
noun
plural noun: titbits
a small piece of tasty food.
"when you are out with your puppy always have a titbit in your pocket"
synonyms: delicacy, tasty morsel, dainty, fancy, confection, bonne bouche, luxury, treat; More
a small and particularly interesting item of gossip or information.
"they were hoping for titbits about the family"
synonyms: piece of gossip, bit of scandal, juicy bit of gossip, juicy bit of news, scrap of information, morsel of information, item of information
"I'll tell you one titbit that should cheer you up"

@Amisja oh my, i had no idea, thanks for more titbits, lol I love information!! ps we do spell it with a "d" though, I guess its just the american insensititvities that we all live with, lol

@CarlHowarth I lived in AZ for years....I loved winding people up 😉

@Amisja I have been using the phrase "what a long strange trip it's been" for many years now! I enjoyed seeing someone else use it also, 🙂

@CarlHowarth Love Grateful Dead ..not a deadhead coz I am English but I have memories attached to their music

learned something new...but yes, it is a spelling thing meaning the same thing...but I might use titbits for fun from now on! ha ha ha

May I recommend Bill Bryson's "Made in America". He explains the Americans' sensitivities to bawdy language and the general etymology of that which divides us (the common language) with great humour (note the spelling).
As examples, he cites: titter, titbit, cockerel, cockroach, cockatoo, all disused or amended.

@Andy4608 I read a book about how the language was deliberately changed by a 19th century US clergyman. I'll try and find the title. He changed English English in order to create an American language. I had thought it was an organic thing until then.

@Amisja Without looking it up, it may have been Bowdler ( his name is given to a form of linguistic censorship). Webster (of the dictionary had a lot to do with it, esp. spelling).
A lot of it is organic. As an example I always thought the American mispronunciation of the last letter of the alphabet was due to the influence of German; it was the dialectic form used in some parts of Britain at the time and it stuck.
Now I must heave myself out of my Lay-Zed boy and go to the gym.

@Andy4608 I think you are correct.

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