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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-01-18
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TootSweet lemmy.world TootSweet@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-04
#2 · Quote Reply

there's no way to tell it verbally.

I just told it to someone verbally by spelling out the word rather than pronouncing it.
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tacosanonymous mander.xyz tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-30
#3 · Quote Reply
TootSweet wrote:
there's no way to tell it verbally. I just told it to someone verbally by spelling out the word rather than pronouncing it.

I tried to tell it non-verbally and my wife pronounced it “what the fuck are you doing?”
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TootSweet lemmy.world TootSweet@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-04
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tacosanonymous wrote:
I tried to tell it non-verbally and my wife pronounced it “what the fuck are you doing?”

Don't leave us in suspense. Is your wife a plumber or a chemist?
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ShinkanTrain lemmy.ml ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-06-13
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TootSweet wrote:
there's no way to tell it verbally. I just told it to someone verbally by spelling out the word rather than pronouncing it.

I'm not spelling that correctly on the spot
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MalReynolds slrpnk.net MalReynolds@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-06-25
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TootSweet wrote:
there's no way to tell it verbally. I just told it to someone verbally by spelling out the word rather than pronouncing it.

Just use a hyphen and then give up if they don't know what ionized means.
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xylol leminal.space xylol@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-05-20
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TootSweet wrote:
Don't leave us in suspense. Is your wife a plumber or a chemist?

Do chemist lay pipe
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HiddenLayer555 lemmy.ml HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-09-13
#8 · Quote Reply

*unionised
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ShinkanTrain lemmy.ml ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-06-13
#9 · Quote Reply

You could also ask where they get their pipes from
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