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submitted 5 months ago by spicytuna62@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

But most of my friends call me Geophph.

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[-] flashgnash@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago

Me calling my child ptoughneigh to screw with teachers having to try to pronounce his name for the first time

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

That is the stupidest thing I've seen all week, well done!

[-] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

That's the stupidest you've seen all week, so far

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

It's looking up, basically... We're off to a good start

[-] HopeDrone@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Ptoughkneigh

[-] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 months ago
[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Why stop there? You could also spell it Pppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppptoughneigh

[-] TheCheddarCheese@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago
[-] Shard@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago
[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Okay, but isn't "tough" pronounced "tuff?"

[-] unmarketableplushie@pawb.social 3 points 5 months ago

"ough" can be pronounced /oʊ/ in words like "though" or "dough"

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

Yeah so he should've used the word "though." Not the word "tough."

[-] unmarketableplushie@pawb.social 4 points 5 months ago

That part of the joke is that "ough" can represent /oʊ/. Not that it WOULD, that it CAN.

And besides, the "th" in "though" is pronounced /ð/, and the "T" in "Tony" isn't.

[-] Baahb@feddit.nl 1 points 5 months ago
[-] sagrotan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Like punk Z Tony? Like in punk Z Tony Phil?

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