🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoPlease don't murder me. I didn't write this!message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1258arrow-down1message-squarePlease don't murder me. I didn't write this!🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheRealLinga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoCan someone explain this?
minus-squareDwemthy (he/him)@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·2 months agoMinute, pronounced like “my newt”, means tiny
minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoOh damn that is funny.
minus-square🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networkOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI’m personally working on a really lazy pun around “Minutemen”.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoMy Newt = Minute Minute is a synonym for small.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt took a minute to sound out minute.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoIts 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.
minus-squaretate@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoOdd side fact here: newts are not lizards.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoAmphibians, they’re salamanders
minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoI pronounce the time one min-ut, not min-it.
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIt’s all from Latin mintus Vs minuta. https://www.etymonline.com/word/minute My-noot for small. Min-ut for time.
minus-squareXyphius@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoMy Newt = Minute (Not the time, but pronounced the same as “my newt” ), meaning tiny.
Can someone explain this?
Minute, pronounced like “my newt”, means tiny
Oh damn that is funny.
I’m personally working on a really lazy pun around “Minutemen”.
My Newt = Minute
Minute is a synonym for small.
It took a minute to sound out minute.
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.
Odd side fact here: newts are not lizards.
Wait…what are they?
Amphibians, they’re salamanders
Neat!
My, neat!
I pronounce the time one min-ut, not min-it.
It’s all from Latin mintus Vs minuta.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/minute
My-noot for small.
Min-ut for time.
My Newt = Minute (Not the time, but pronounced the same as “my newt” ), meaning tiny.
My newt is pronounced minute