Cyanide and Happiness | Bluesky

Transcript

2 Panel Comic

Panel 1: a guy sitting at a bar hits on someone

Guy: So… is there a Mr Paint?

Panel 2: MS Paint throws a drink in the guy’s face

  • diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    Are ms and miss pronounced any different, though? Never had to use either, only “king”, “queen” and “Our Great and Respected Leader Dictator”.

    • toynbee@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 day ago

      My mom taught me that “Miss” is pronounced as it’s spelled, whilst “Ms.” is pronounced “mizz.”

      edit: Correct autocorrect.

      • palordrolap@fedia.io
        2·
        1 day ago

        “M(u)z” is also common. The vowel quality is tricky to spell. What there is of it is the unstressed central vowel heard in most varieties of English, which may or may not be that identified as a schwa. Actually pronouncing the ‘i’ of “mizz” may be seen as trying too hard, where it wouldn’t be in “miss”.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      I’m fairly certain they’re pronounced the same in their spoken form. There could be ways of verbally distinguishing them, but I’m unaware.