from S11 E16: UK Elections, Flag Controversies & Louisiana: 6/23/24: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
anyone from Great Britain?
dodgy, tosser, numpty, wanker, dicksplash, fuckletoes, pillock, cockwomble?
spoiler
alt text: A two panel comic. In the first panel there are two buttons labeled "I don't believe in prescriptivism" and "'Literally' cannot mean 'figuratively'". A finger hovers between the buttons. In the second panel, the finger's owner is sweating and wiping his brow, unable to decide.
I feel slightly offended. Because it's true.
(Alt text: "Do you feel like the answer depends on whether you're currently in the hole, versus when you refer to the events later after you get out? Assuming you get out.")
Alt-text: «God was like, "Let there be light," and there was light.»
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/1626564
Source: Itchy Feet (https://www.itchyfeetcomic.com/2024/01/real-name.html)
An isogloss or a political border? 🥶🥶🥶
Cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1728128
R5: PIE *h~2~o > o (although in Anatolian languages h~2~ is preserved as h), and it also looks like the chemical formula for water H~2~O, and French eau means water
Hover text:
Yes you can take a mean of meanings for the right meaning of mean.
Bonus panel
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/3511115
Title text: I pronounce the 'u' in 'pronunciation' like in 'putting' but the 'ou' in 'pronounce' like in 'wound'.
Transcript
[The word "Tuesday", with each letter labeled by a box with an arrow:]
T: As in buffet
u: As in minute
e: As in record
s: As in use
d: As in moped
a: As in bass
y: As in gyro
[Caption below the panel:]
Pet peeve: Ambiguous pronunciation guides
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