question about the structure ~うっと

[anni]

i'm catching up with the old podcasts and such... i have a question about Hitomi-san's diary.

the original post is quite old, so i didn't see any reason to reply to it. x_x

anyway, the question i had was about the structure ~うっと, as in

みようっと＝I am going to watch ～
I am going to watch this anime tomorrow.
あしたこのアニメをみようっと。

is ~うっと a shorter version of ~うと思います or is it something completely different?

[anni]

did you check Hitomi's original post? (i linked it in my original post.)

this is what makes me wonder if it comes from と思います... as in:

日本に行こうと思います。
hey, i think i'll go to Japan!

or

日本に行こうと思っています。
i'm thinking i'll (a.k.a. planning to) go to Japan.

this construction is sort of in line with Hitomi's:

いこうっと＝I am going to go ～
I am going to go shopping.
かいものにいこうっと。

as for your "と" sentence, do you know if it's different to say:
「日本語」というはなんですか？

i hear "と" and "という" a lot, but have never actually learned exactly how to use / translate them.

as for verb and adjective conjugations, i'm fairly good at them. EXCEPT keigo. i'm sad and embarrassed to be going to Japan without any knowledge of keigo. (well, i have an idea what it sounds like and might recognize it, but in reality that gets me nowhere except to highlight my shortcomings. X_X)