cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16909773

Only works if you pronounce “dune” like “doon”, but I’m not going to let pronunciation get in the way of a good pun

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    6•6 months ago

    I’d pronounce it basically the same as “June”, but if I was trying to pronounce it “properly” it would be more like “dewn”, where dew rhymes with jew. Sounds very weird to my ear to hear it rhymed with moon.

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        5•6 months ago

        They do rhyme, it’s the bit at the start that’s different. Dune is sort of “dyoon”, not “doon”. I should really learn the international phonetic alphabet to actually explain this properly.

        • @[email protected]English
          6•6 months ago

          Apparently both pronunciations are correct but I’ve never heard it pronounced any other way than doōn. But I think what is required for the joke to work is to pronounce doin’ like doōn.