The Picard ManeuverM to Lemmy [email protected] • 2 years agoIt's important to read it rightstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1454
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink42•2 years agoThere is no joke. The “H” and “S” are silent in the name Rhode Island.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agoI must be drunk or something because I read that as “Rhode Ireland”. Lol.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•2 years agoIs that… really it? Just a complaint about silent letters, straight from someone’s first English class?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•2 years agoI don’t think it’s a complaint. It’s an anti-joke.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoDoes that make it a triple entendre? I’m lost…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoI personally thought the joke was going to be the r and the D are silent so it would be hoe island.
minus-squareMatch!!linkfedilinkEnglish35•2 years agoThere is a common joke: “I live in Spain but the S is silent.” This is an anti joke variant of that
Could someone explain this to me?
There is no joke. The “H” and “S” are silent in the name Rhode Island.
rhode island is the joke
I must be drunk or something because I read that as “Rhode Ireland”. Lol.
Also it rhymes. I think…
Is that… really it? Just a complaint about silent letters, straight from someone’s first English class?
I don’t think it’s a complaint. It’s an anti-joke.
Ahhh, I forgot about anti-jokes
Does that make it a triple entendre? I’m lost…
I personally thought the joke was going to be the r and the D are silent so it would be hoe island.
There is a common joke: “I live in Spain but the S is silent.” This is an anti joke variant of that
Ah okay, thanks!