I spent too long trying to figure out what the message was lmao
It's important to read it right
Submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to [deleted]
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ADonkeyBrainedFrog@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 year ago
I’ll be honest that it got me too. Which is why I had to share it.
CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 year ago
I’m still failing at understanding…
Tobin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Could someone explain this to me?
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There is no joke. The “H” and “S” are silent in the name Rhode Island.
irmoz@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Is that… really it? Just a complaint about silent letters, straight from someone’s first English class?
stebo02@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Also it rhymes. I think…
match@pawb.social 1 year ago
There is a common joke: “I live in Spain but the S is silent.” This is an anti joke variant of that
Tobin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ah okay, thanks!
Rooty@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rode eyeland
angrymouse@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Why english?
Some years ago when I was learning english I was very worried about my accent, after years and more advanced English I just don’t fucking care, cause seems nobody fucking cares about this language quality anyway. You write things and read like you fucking want.skulblaka@kbin.social 1 year ago
You write things and read like you fucking want
That's the last lesson you have to learn before becoming fluent in English, especially American English. If you put a Cajun, a Yankee, a Brit and an Australian in the same room, despite all four of them allegedly speaking the same language you'll be lucky to communicate more than a sentence or two between the lot of them.
There are certain rules to be followed in English but a solid 45% or more of our "rules" are more like "subtext" and can be freely ignored, changed, or customized based on location and current company.
As for the "Why, English?" that's because English is a stolen mishmash hodgepodge of 14 different languages where we took the cool and useful words and bastardized them into unrecognizability. English more than any other is a patchwork language. We didn't invent shit, merely reappropriated other people's words in true classic English fashion.
Rootiest@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rahode is land
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
archenemies of r-hode iceland
BarelyOriginal@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Rood Eiland
Random_user@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Do people really not now how to pronounce these words or are the upvotes ironic?
librechad@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Rode Iland
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And it’s not an island.
Ragincloo@lemmy.one 1 year ago
I think originally it was rhode island and Providence plantations. Rhode island was Newport (island) and the plantations were providence, kings, and kent. But yeah Rhode island referred to the actual island. Then it became a state and eventually dropped half its name
sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Even more confusing, the island was originally named Aquidneck Island and is still called that by locals despite the name being officially Rhode Island.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Bruh maybe I’m dumb.
spyke@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It used to be called Rhide Island until grandma’s visit in 1935…
VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Rahode Issland
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pffft imagine naming a place after a chicken 😂
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 1 year ago
Ah the beautiful community of ITPOSTING
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Silent letters are so extravegant.
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 year ago
Luxury letters
joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 year ago
This is a quality anti-meme.
TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Right? I was very confused until I saw where I was. Good shitpost.