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Dune Memes

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16909773

Only works if you pronounce "dune" like "doon", but I'm not going to let pronunciation get in the way of a good pun

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait, how the fuck else would you pronounce dune?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd pronounce it basically the same as "June", but if I was trying to pronounce it "properly" it would be more like "dewn", where dew rhymes with jew. Sounds very weird to my ear to hear it rhymed with moon.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

June, moon, and dune don’t all rhyme to you?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They do rhyme, it's the bit at the start that's different. Dune is sort of "dyoon", not "doon". I should really learn the international phonetic alphabet to actually explain this properly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Apparently both pronunciations are correct but I've never heard it pronounced any other way than doōn. But I think what is required for the joke to work is to pronounce doin' like doōn.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Definitely works best in a "eyyy, I'm walkin' 'ere!" kind of voice