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For the oblivious like me, what's the pun?

ZeroGravitas 3y ago
In context: > Elderly volunteers (or "mulchees") are provided with generous payments for their families before being rendered down and recombined with other chemicals into a range of substitutes for common foodstuffs, including hash browns (Grandmash™), bananas (Nanas™) and butter (Fauxghee™). So one meaning is Faux Ghee (faux as in fake, Ghee as in a type of clarified butter, originating from South Asia) which follows the naming conventions of real substitute foods like Faux Turkey. And the second meaning is "Fogey" as in an old person.
- simplotek 3y ago
  Thanks for the near-academic preciseness and clarity of your explanation. Puny!
  - HopenHeyHi 3y ago
    Fauxghee - I can't believe its not bubby!
    - kerkeslager 3y ago
      But... it is bubby...
  - lisper 3y ago
    > Puny You meant "punny". Puny with one n means "small and weak".
- unmole 3y ago
  Faux Ghee is a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalda
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politelemon 3y ago
Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fogey https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fogey Faux is imitation Ghee is a type of clarified butter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee
- alex_smart 3y ago
  > Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person It actually doesn't, at least the way "ghee" is pronounced in the native languages where the word originates from. English doesn't quite have the strongly voiced "g" sound, so western people pronounce it incorrectly as "gee".
  - adolph 3y ago
    Is the G sound like goat (only more breathy) or like George? I’ve only heard it like “goat” in Texas.
    - alex_smart 3y ago
      It is like goat but more voiced, with a hint of h. In Indian languages there are four different g-like sounds (two that are somewhat like g as in goat and two that somewhat like g as in George).
    - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghee https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghee That has an audio recording of someone pronouncing it. Sounds like it’s the former per your example.
      - alex_smart 3y ago
        That pronunciation is incorrect.
        tuukkah 3y ago
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In context: > Elderly volunteers (or "mulchees") are provided with generous payments for their families before being rendered down and recombined with other chemicals into a range of substitutes for common foodstuffs, including hash browns (Grandmash™), bananas (Nanas™) and butter (Fauxghee™). So one meaning is Faux Ghee (faux as in fake, Ghee as in a type of clarified butter, originating from South Asia) which follows the naming conventions of real substitute foods like Faux Turkey. And the second meaning is "Fogey" as in an old person.

simplotek 3y ago
Thanks for the near-academic preciseness and clarity of your explanation. Puny!
- HopenHeyHi 3y ago
  Fauxghee - I can't believe its not bubby!
  - kerkeslager 3y ago
    But... it is bubby...
- lisper 3y ago
  > Puny You meant "punny". Puny with one n means "small and weak".
unmole 3y ago
Faux Ghee is a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalda

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politelemon 3y ago

Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fogey https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fogey Faux is imitation Ghee is a type of clarified butter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee

alex_smart 3y ago
> Fauxghee sounds like "fogey" which refers to an older person It actually doesn't, at least the way "ghee" is pronounced in the native languages where the word originates from. English doesn't quite have the strongly voiced "g" sound, so western people pronounce it incorrectly as "gee".
- adolph 3y ago
  Is the G sound like goat (only more breathy) or like George? I’ve only heard it like “goat” in Texas.
  - alex_smart 3y ago
    It is like goat but more voiced, with a hint of h. In Indian languages there are four different g-like sounds (two that are somewhat like g as in goat and two that somewhat like g as in George).
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghee https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghee That has an audio recording of someone pronouncing it. Sounds like it’s the former per your example.
    - alex_smart 3y ago
      That pronunciation is incorrect.
      - tuukkah 3y ago

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