Do Americans say "tidbits" instead of "titbits" because they don't want to say "tit"?

[Cassie]

Remember this question when you are being smothered to death by giant pillowy tits.

 

[CaptainWacky]

Symmetry is important to me.

 

[Cassie]

Do you exterminate the imperfect?

 

[CaptainWacky]

THEY OFFEND ME.

 

[headvoid]

I keep on thinking about that Woody Allen film where he is chased by the enormous solo tit.

the horror

 

[Thrusty]

Remember this question when you are being smothered to death by giant pillowy tits.

It would be like in Strange Brew where he is drowning in a vat of Beer, pure heaven.........cue dream sequence by me.....ahhhhh

 

[CaptainWacky]

so what's a "tid"?

 

[curiousa2z]

dunno.

for the record, we say tidbit up here as well.

ZOMG AMERICANIZATION.

 

[curiousa2z]

we also say: "just a tidge, " to refer to a very small amount of something.

 

[CaptainWacky]

you tidger!

 

[Eggs Mayonnaise]

we also say: "just a tidge, " to refer to a very small amount of something.

Never heard that before. I've heard "just a smidge" or "smidgen" though.

 

[The Dork Lord]

I'm more familiar with a tad.

 

[Cassie]

According to the INTERNET some people say tid tad.. WTF is that?

 

[curiousa2z]

I've heard "just a smidge" or "smidgen" though.

we've got those too.

Do you Brits say 'just a smidge' or 'smidgen' as well?

 

[CaptainWacky]

LANGUAGE SHOULD REMAIN STATIC SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND IT FULLY

 

[curiousa2z]

INDEED ANSWER THE QUESTION

 

[CaptainWacky]

I've heard smidge and smidgen, yeah. WOULD NEVER SAY THEM MYSELF.

 

[whisky]

Was it a homing smidgen?

 

[curiousa2z]

^ oi! - omg. caught before coffee #2.

 

[The Question]

I like to introduce my tonguebit to the titbits, just a bitbit.