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In the classic tradition of thinking that “dang” is pronounced “dang” and not “Dan G.” I propose that we read “tomhow” as “Tomh Ow”.
by codetrotter 2y ago
In the classic tradition of thinking that “dang” is pronounced “dang” and not “Dan G.” I propose that we read “tomhow” as “Tomh Ow”.
- DistractionRect 2y agoIf you torture it a bit, you can make it "tomorrow" said with a weird accent. To mh ow
- gameshot911 2y ago> dang” is pronounced “dang” and not “Dan G.” WAIT WHAT?!?
- wildzzz 2y agoI just assumed his name was actually "Dang" like he was Vietnamese or something.
- vpribish 2y agosame. and when I learned it was Dan G I didn't accept it entirely. now it's a sort of superposition of them - and mostly a nebulous entity that maintains civil discourse - like something from a Miyazaki movie
- dang 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35463012 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35463012
- wildzzz 1y agoNice, thanks dang
- foobarian 2y agoI too realized this only like a year ago.
- dang 2y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35463012 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35463012
- frainfreeze 2y agoHow comes your karma points halved?
- pvg 2y agoThat is natural canadon decay. Think uranium slowly turning into lead, that sort of thing.
- ot 2y agoKarma is stored in a 16 bit integer. It overflowed.
- frainfreeze 2y agoThat's cool
- jxjnskkzxxhx 2y ago[flagged]
- youainti 2y agoI think tom(a)how would work too.
- mkoubaa 2y agoTowhom it may concern, I prefer the dyslexic pronunciation of towhom.
- alabastervlog 2y ago"To mhow" Pronounced exactly as "to meow"
- joenot443 2y agoHas Dan ever commented on whether the "dang" pronunciation was intentional? I too, was under the impression he just liked the twanginess of the word. I have people call me Joenot - in reality, this username was chosen decades ago by my mother, pairing Joe (my name) and Not(tawa) - my tiny hometown. Sometimes I wish I'd chosen better but like many names, once it's out there, it tends to stick.