148: Mispronouncing

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Mispronouncing
'My pal Emad does this all the time. 'Hey man, which way to the airpart?'
Title text: 'My pal Emad does this all the time. 'Hey man, which way to the airpart?'

[edit] Explanation

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This is the sixth comic in My Hobby series. One type of joking is to deliberately mispronounce common words. In this strip he makes it his hobby. Randall suggests that he got idea for this comic as one of his friends keep doing this as the title text suggests.

  • Wobsite = Website
  • Blag = Blog
  • Airpart = Airport

[edit] Transcript

Cueball: Yeah, did you see what he said on his wobsite?
Man 2: ...his what?
Cueball: Wobsite.
Man 2: ... I think you mean "website."
Cueball: Why don't you write about it in your blag?
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Discussion

The "airpart" could be referencing a Saint Louis accent, rather than intentional mispronunciation. 130.160.145.185 19:48, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
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