Can someone explain this?
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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
Wow, that took me a long time. I need to go to bed early tonight.
Before the picture loaded I thought you meant that you didn't write the title of the post, which technically correct since the title was typed, not written.
No, I just didn't want to get hunted down and killed for the worst Dad joke in history. 🤣
You probably didn't realize where you were. You're going to be CELEBRATED for the BEST dad joke in history.