Cyanide and Happiness | Bluesky

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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

  • toynbee@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

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

    edit: Correct autocorrect.

    • palordrolap@fedia.io
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      22 hours 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”.