this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 112 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is a quality anti-meme.

[–] TurboDiesel 38 points 9 months ago

Right? I was very confused until I saw where I was. Good shitpost.

[–] ADonkeyBrainedFrog 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I spent too long trying to figure out what the message was lmao

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'll be honest that it got me too. Which is why I had to share it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm still failing at understanding...

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The ‘H’ and ‘S’ in Rhode Island are already silent, so it really is a meme saying that they live in Rhode Island

It’s a subversion of the “I live in Spain, but the ‘S’ is silent” joke

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ah. Knowing they were silent already, I didn't get the joke... Thanks for taking pity!

[–] Tobin 23 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Could someone explain this to me?

[–] FilthyShrooms 43 points 9 months ago (3 children)

There is no joke. The "H" and "S" are silent in the name Rhode Island.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is that... really it? Just a complaint about silent letters, straight from someone's first English class?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's a complaint. It's an anti-joke.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ahhh, I forgot about anti-jokes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Does that make it a triple entendre? I'm lost...

[–] moistclump 2 points 9 months ago

I personally thought the joke was going to be the r and the D are silent so it would be hoe island.

[–] eager_eagle 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I must be drunk or something because I read that as "Rhode Ireland". Lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Also it rhymes. I think...

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There is a common joke: "I live in Spain but the S is silent." This is an anti joke variant of that

[–] Tobin 2 points 9 months ago

Ah okay, thanks!

[–] Rooty 16 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] angrymouse 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Why english?
Some years ago when I was learning english I was very worried about my accent, after years and more advanced English I just don't fucking care, cause seems nobody fucking cares about this language quality anyway. You write things and read like you fucking want. Quality meme tho

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

You write things and read like you fucking want

That's the last lesson you have to learn before becoming fluent in English, especially American English. If you put a Cajun, a Yankee, a Brit and an Australian in the same room, despite all four of them allegedly speaking the same language you'll be lucky to communicate more than a sentence or two between the lot of them.

There are certain rules to be followed in English but a solid 45% or more of our "rules" are more like "subtext" and can be freely ignored, changed, or customized based on location and current company.

As for the "Why, English?" that's because English is a stolen mishmash hodgepodge of 14 different languages where we took the cool and useful words and bastardized them into unrecognizability. English more than any other is a patchwork language. We didn't invent shit, merely reappropriated other people's words in true classic English fashion.

[–] Rootiest 2 points 9 months ago

Rahode is land

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Rood Eiland

[–] eager_eagle 1 points 9 months ago

archenemies of r-hode iceland

[–] Random_user 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do people really not now how to pronounce these words or are the upvotes ironic?

[–] TropicalDingdong 9 points 9 months ago

Bruh maybe I'm dumb.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

It used to be called Rhide Island until grandma’s visit in 1935…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think originally it was rhode island and Providence plantations. Rhode island was Newport (island) and the plantations were providence, kings, and kent. But yeah Rhode island referred to the actual island. Then it became a state and eventually dropped half its name

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Even more confusing, the island was originally named Aquidneck Island and is still called that by locals despite the name being officially Rhode Island.

[–] VantaBrandon 5 points 9 months ago

Rahode Issland

[–] Mr_Blott 4 points 9 months ago

Pffft imagine naming a place after a chicken 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's pronounced "rodes island"?

Explain it to me like I'm not an American.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think it's talking about the s in Island. It's road Island

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I think you have it and I hope the memes get better soon 😆

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Ah the beautiful community of ITPOTING

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Silent letters are so extravegant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Luxury letters