architectonas@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat is your favourite joke?message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down11
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favourite joke?architectonas@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareZirconium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·3 months agoObligatory. https://natethesnake.com/
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoNo. Enjoy the journey or don’t.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoIsn’t that the one that only makes sense if you pronounce a word in a specific weird way?
minus-squareTwinklebreeze @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoNo. It’s a shaggy dog story. Long joke that ends in a dumb bit that ignores all the setup.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoIt’s both of these things - I had a quick look and scrolled to the bottom. It was the one I was thinking of. The final pun is based on pronouncing “lever” like “levver” instead of “leever”.
minus-squarebitwyze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoImagine pronouncing lever “leever” and not pronouncing “never” as “neever”
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI suspect some small town in the UK somewhere definitely does that. They would also be able to enjoy the “Nate the Snake joke”.
minus-squareisyasad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoTo be fair, that’s the standard pronunciation in a very popular dialect of the language.
minus-squarefakeman_pretendname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoMaybe popular in some 3rd world colony or something? :P
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoNah they say it leever in England :P
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoI remember reading this one like… 20 years ago. Legendary stuff
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThe first time I read it, I got invested in the stupid story and forgot it was a joke and I got to the end and I was delightfully outraged. lol
Obligatory. https://natethesnake.com/
Tldr?
No. Enjoy the journey or don’t.
Isn’t that the one that only makes sense if you pronounce a word in a specific weird way?
No. It’s a shaggy dog story. Long joke that ends in a dumb bit that ignores all the setup.
It’s both of these things - I had a quick look and scrolled to the bottom. It was the one I was thinking of. The final pun is based on pronouncing “lever” like “levver” instead of “leever”.
Imagine pronouncing lever “leever” and not pronouncing “never” as “neever”
I suspect some small town in the UK somewhere definitely does that.
They would also be able to enjoy the “Nate the Snake joke”.
To be fair, that’s the standard pronunciation in a very popular dialect of the language.
Maybe popular in some 3rd world colony or something? :P
Nah they say it leever in England :P
I remember reading this one like… 20 years ago. Legendary stuff
The first time I read it, I got invested in the stupid story and forgot it was a joke and I got to the end and I was delightfully outraged. lol