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[Video] Trump at NATO meeting: "We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic republic of Japan... They were shot at the aircraft carrier." (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 week ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Japan and Iran rhyme. You can't expect the president of the united states to know the subtle difference between rhyming nation states.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

They're both short words, and we already know he's functionally illiterate.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

But...they don't rhyme.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 5 points 6 days ago

Iran rhymes with Japan just like Iraq rhymes with Japaq

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ok bro

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Urr Ron

Jah Pan

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca -1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's honestly insane you'd post this as some kind of "proof" they don't rhyme lol. At least use the IPA pronunciations or something.

Are you aware that different dialects exist? Watch this:

I ran J pan

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Lol you can make things rhyme but the actual names don't suddenly rhyme just because they're said wrong. Do orange and porridge rhyme? No, but you can twist the pronunciation to make them.

It's honestly insane how defensive you are about this

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

They aren't said wrong lol, they're said in a different dialects than you. In a whole lot of English dialects Iran and Japan rhyme. Straight up. Deal with it lol

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah two syllables confusing af..