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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Wait, how the fuck else would you pronounce dune?
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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.
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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.