architectonas to Ask Lemmy · 7 days agoWhat is your favourite joke?message-squaremessage-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down11
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite joke?architectonas to Ask Lemmy · 7 days agomessage-square99linkfedilink
minus-squareTwinklebreeze linkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoNo. It’s a shaggy dog story. Long joke that ends in a dumb bit that ignores all the setup.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoIt’s both of these things - I had a quick look and scrolled to the bottom. It was the one I was thinking of. The final pun is based on pronouncing “lever” like “levver” instead of “leever”.
minus-squarebitwyzelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoImagine pronouncing lever “leever” and not pronouncing “never” as “neever”
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoI suspect some small town in the UK somewhere definitely does that. They would also be able to enjoy the “Nate the Snake joke”.
minus-squareisyasadlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoTo be fair, that’s the standard pronunciation in a very popular dialect of the language.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoMaybe popular in some 3rd world colony or something? :P
No. It’s a shaggy dog story. Long joke that ends in a dumb bit that ignores all the setup.
It’s both of these things - I had a quick look and scrolled to the bottom. It was the one I was thinking of. The final pun is based on pronouncing “lever” like “levver” instead of “leever”.
Imagine pronouncing lever “leever” and not pronouncing “never” as “neever”
I suspect some small town in the UK somewhere definitely does that.
They would also be able to enjoy the “Nate the Snake joke”.
To be fair, that’s the standard pronunciation in a very popular dialect of the language.
Maybe popular in some 3rd world colony or something? :P
Nah they say it leever in England :P