BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?message-squaremessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the funniest one syllable word you can think of?BougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square198fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agopeople tend to default to twut twot, really throwing the A at 'em is fucking hilarious. … like the difference between scone and scone.
minus-squareUranium 🟩@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 months agoYeah, you say twot to an English person and they’ll look at you like you’ve sprouted a third head. The correct way to pronounce it is twat: The twat in a hat came at me with a bat. As opposed to: The THOT whose a bot sent me her twot.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoif you’re reading twot and twut differently maybe I should edit …
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoMaybe they are the same in your accent and different in mine? Speech be funny that way.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoNo no no, this is the internet, someone has to be wrong.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoOk, I’ll be wrong, I think it’s my turn.
A hard A, eh?
people tend to default to
twuttwot, really throwing the A at 'em is fucking hilarious.… like the difference between scone and scone.
Yeah, you say twot to an English person and they’ll look at you like you’ve sprouted a third head.
The correct way to pronounce it is twat:
The twat in a hat came at me with a bat.
As opposed to:
The THOT whose a bot sent me her twot.
I usually hear twot / twaht.
if you’re reading twot and twut differently maybe I should edit …
Maybe they are the same in your accent and different in mine? Speech be funny that way.
No no no, this is the internet, someone has to be wrong.
Ok, I’ll be wrong, I think it’s my turn.