My dumb ass pronouncing it “onionized” when I read it.
Must be a gardener then
Or a cook.
ONYO!
Mmmm tasty
geez, i just thought you answered yourself. who took the avatar from whom here???
I think that’s not really as useful here though. Your position can be assumed just by being here.
thanks for clarification
A while back I thought of a (much less clever) joke that only works in text:
Do you know how hard it is to get an authentic French baguette around here?
It’s a real pain!
Change it to “A real pain” without the “it’s”?
Isn’t it because it’s pronounced “pan”?
Not because of the pronunciation, because of the grammar. For the pun to work, it has to be read both ways.
So, how hard is it to find a French baguette? “A real pain,” i.e. a drag, indicating difficulty. Or else, “A real pain,” i.e. emphasising the genuine nature of the bread we want – this interpretation fails if preceded by “It’s”.
I… don’t get it.
Bread in French is “pain”
It is French for bread.
Quite good, wish it didn’t include the last comment below as it’s a pretty big hint.
Yeah. I was like, if you don’t get it from the second comment you’re just not gonna get it.
EDIT: I was pretending to get it but I get it now and I guess the last comment is trolling?
How is the last comment trolling? How would you tell this joke verbally?
Ah I was thinking no way to tell why it’s funny verbally
My personal version of this, since the Republicans always call themselves the party of Abe Lincoln I spent the entirety of Bidens presidency trying to get a get joke setup for why do the Republicans call themselves the party of A. Blinken referencing Bidens secretary of state. But this doesn’t work audibly in any way.
They didn’t say “Abe Lincoln”, they said “Hey Blinken”.
Master Robin! You lost your arms in battle! How terrible, but you great some nice boobs.
A. Blinken
Also the name of his band.
I get that chemists are concerned with the ionization of things, but what do plumbers have with unions and unionisation? Are they famous for that? Or do not get something else?
all kinds of tradespeople are often in unions, or at least more often than for example white-collar workers
1.25 gpa here. That joke required searches on my part. I’m 48-ish now. If you cold ask me how to reduce a chemical equation, I’m going to say, “turn the Bunsen burner down to low”.
Ununionionized
Ionizing the union right out of it!
you can tell it verbally just pronounce it the way you think the other person would and watch for the reaction on their face when they get it
hyphen is your friend
Hey I got that right away! Am I smart? :o)
Yes, you are. And now stop scrolling and unclog my toilet.
*orally.
Text is still verbal.
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Fair enough. I guess the meaning has drifted. There’s no arguing with the descriptive nature of language. Lexicons are pretty much just language censuses. That’s important because it’s how language works. At least the older meaning of “verbal” seems to be preserved in legal and clinical environments. I feel like it has a value.
For example, if someone is making sounds with their mouth that are not words, it’s oral but not verbal (under the older usage).
Sign language or text could be considered verbal but not oral.
There’s value in having a word that encompasses both written and spoken words.
https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/19/oral-verbal/
http://cooley.edu/blog/end-verbal-abuse?hs_amp=true
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/256370/what-is-the-difference-between-verbal-and-oral
Interesting, this is the second time today I learned a word that had an older usage that I first thought was wrongly used by someone. I just learnt that jury-rigged is the original term for jerry-rigged, and thought it was only used in the context of courts of law, but it turns out it originally referred to jury masts on sailing ships.
I think it’s actually the other way around.
E.g. oral history can still be written or recorded (audio or video).
