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[–] YoFrodo@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 104 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Age" and "H" sound alike, so when the Doc wants to know the patient's age, the patient thinks the Doc wants help with spelling the name.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 17 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't figure that one by myself, thank you

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's bad, that is a bad joke, that is not funny and doesn't make sense in text form and barely makes sense in verbal from. age and H do not sound the same at all.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I agree with you on all counts.

Scottish folk kinda sound like they're saying Age as in H. But it's more Eeetch, and it's still a stretch and still unfunny.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 1 points 6 days ago

No we fucking don't.

[–] suodrazah@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know what it means, but can someone explain it for YoFrodo?

[–] YoFrodo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago
[–] PaupersSerenade@startrek.website 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There are a couple of ways to pronounce the letter ‘H’ that could sound like ‘age’; one that keeps a soft ‘hah’ sound before ‘aitch’ and one that drops the soft ‘hah’. Both can end up sounding similar to a cross between eight/age depending on how clearly you enunciate.

Edit; Age also has a sharper ‘tch’ sound when spoken in those accents. There are probably accents that use a softer ‘g’ sound

[–] Wutchilli@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

Age sounds like the letter H so the patient thinks that the doctor wants to know how to write their name correctly.