Xians = Christians in the same way that Xmas = Christmas. Sure, the Greek would be more accurate, but it’s a whole lot easier to use the button that’s already on the keyboard.
Using the Latin lookalike instead of the actual letter is fairly common when you’re using a Latin keyboard. I happen to have Greek installed on mine, but I don’t expect most people would. Besides, an uppercase Χ is visually indistinguishable from X in many fonts.
Maybe… but they wrote “X” (latin “Ex”), not “χ” (Greek “Chi”). I’m still thinking “Twitter users” is the most plausible meaning of “Xians” here.
Xians = Christians in the same way that Xmas = Christmas. Sure, the Greek would be more accurate, but it’s a whole lot easier to use the button that’s already on the keyboard.
Using the Latin lookalike instead of the actual letter is fairly common when you’re using a Latin keyboard. I happen to have Greek installed on mine, but I don’t expect most people would. Besides, an uppercase Χ is visually indistinguishable from X in many fonts.
i’ve seen xtians more than xians. and i’m a godsdamned church musician who works primarily in christian churches