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🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Please don't murder me. I didn't write this!

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Please don't murder me. I didn't write this!

🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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    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.

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      Odd side fact here: newts are not lizards.

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        Wait…what are they?

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          Amphibians, they’re salamanders

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            Neat!

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              My, neat!

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

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

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

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