🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoPlease don't murder me. I didn't write this!message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1242file-text
arrow-up1242message-squarePlease don't murder me. I didn't write this!🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.network to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheRealLinga@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days agoCan someone explain this?
minus-squaredwemthy@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·2 days agoMinute, pronounced like “my newt”, means tiny
minus-square🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦@ttrpg.networkOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI’m personally working on a really lazy pun around “Minutemen”.
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoMy Newt = Minute Minute is a synonym for small.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIt took a minute to sound out minute.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days 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 days agoOdd side fact here: newts are not lizards.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoAmphibians, they’re salamanders
minus-squareodium@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days agoI pronounce the time one min-ut, not min-it.
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days 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 days 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
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