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[-] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 days ago
[-] dwemthy@lemdro.id 66 points 3 days ago

Minute, pronounced like "my newt", means tiny

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Oh damn that is funny.

[-] ZDL@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 days ago

I'm personally working on a really lazy pun around "Minutemen".

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 14 points 3 days ago

My Newt = Minute

Minute is a synonym for small.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

It took a minute to sound out minute.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Its a play on words. The lizard is a newt, and it's his. But it's also tiny, which is what the word "minute" means. Pronounced "My noot".

In time, minute (pronounced "min-it") is derived from this word to mean a tiny amount of time. Or 60 seconds. Thats why it has the same spelling.

Language is weird.

[-] tate@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 days ago

Odd side fact here: newts are not lizards.

[-] odium@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I pronounce the time one min-ut, not min-it.

[-] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago

It's all from Latin mintus Vs minuta.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/minute

My-noot for small.
Min-ut for time.

[-] Xyphius@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

My Newt = Minute (Not the time, but pronounced the same as "my newt" ), meaning tiny.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago

My newt is pronounced minute

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Wow, that took me a long time. I need to go to bed early tonight.

[-] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Before the picture loaded I thought you meant that you didn't write the title of the post, which technically correct since the title was typed, not written.

[-] ZDL@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 days ago

No, I just didn't want to get hunted down and killed for the worst Dad joke in history. 🤣

[-] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

You probably didn't realize where you were. You're going to be CELEBRATED for the BEST dad joke in history.

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