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heard this joke yesterday

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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    But it just doesn’t work. 

    On the topic, the etymology of poppycock amuses me.
    Rutland, England
  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    also like no such thing as an American Urologist 
    just European ones 
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    edited June 2023
    Same here @JennyJ

    I’d say nun with a hard “uh” and none with the same o vowel sound as in top or dog; like “gone”. 

    When using the “correct” pronunciation they are homophones. 


  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    In that case, @TheGreenMan, can you hear a distinction between non and none?
    Rutland, England
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Nope @BenCotto

    Homophones ‘round these parts! 

    I lived in Berkshire for years so I was peer pressured into doing it all “properly”. 


  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Years ago I was walking with a musician friend past a university building that was home to its urology department.  Ah, he said, I should study there, so I can become a piss scientist instead of a piss artist.

    Still makes me chuckle.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    BenCotto said:
    I pronounce none and nun the same. How do you say them @JennyJ?

    Nun rhymes with bun, pun, sun etc. None rhymes with con, Bonn, shone.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    BenCotto said:
    “ since nine is zero in German.”

    Can you explain, please. I thought nine was neun....

    And if I remember rightly, the German word "nein" means "no", not "none", and the German for zero would be "null".

    English pronunciation is wonderfully varied even within quite short distances, let alone across the pond. My OH pronounces bury and berry the same :o.

    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Doesn't everyone?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I certainly do. 

    My OH pronounces lots of things very oddly … but his family are from oop north so ….. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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