fearout to Dad Jokes • 1 year agoRead this from start to finish (or listen to it, there’s an audio version). DO NOT skim it or skip to the end, you’ll spoil it and it won’t work. Trust me, it’s worth it. It’s a thing of beauty.natethesnake.commessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkRead this from start to finish (or listen to it, there’s an audio version). DO NOT skim it or skip to the end, you’ll spoil it and it won’t work. Trust me, it’s worth it. It’s a thing of beauty.natethesnake.comfearout to Dad Jokes • 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@ArrakislinkEnglish3•1 year agoI guess you forgot British English exists 😆 I had to have the joke explained to me as that’s the English I was taught and had never heard the pronunciation that way before.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoCan you share said explanation with the rest of the dullards such as myself?
minus-square@ArrakislinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoPronounce “lever” to rhyme with “weather” - the punchline will then make sense (I don’t want to write it here in case I spoil it for someone 😀)
minus-squarefearoutOPlinkfedilink1•1 year agoOh right, that E) Yeah, I wasn’t even considering British English, went straight to the weird ones in my mind.
minus-square@ArrakislinkEnglish1•1 year agoHaha, the brain works in the weirdest ways sometimes! (Though British English is a bit weird tbh)
I guess you forgot British English exists 😆 I had to have the joke explained to me as that’s the English I was taught and had never heard the pronunciation that way before.
Can you share said explanation with the rest of the dullards such as myself?
Pronounce “lever” to rhyme with “weather” - the punchline will then make sense (I don’t want to write it here in case I spoil it for someone 😀)
Oh right, that E) Yeah, I wasn’t even considering British English, went straight to the weird ones in my mind.
Haha, the brain works in the weirdest ways sometimes! (Though British English is a bit weird tbh)