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0 pointsstavros3y ago0 comments

Wait, now I'm really curious as to what you think the joke was.

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Sorry, wrote my comment in a hurry. I understood the joke the same way everyone else did...

- he told people he got his degree from Col*mbia (both place names are pronounced the same)

- people (naturally) assumed he meant Columbia

- the punchline reveals that it was actually Colombia

- the punchline also hints that he got his degree by buying a certificate online, rather than doing bona fide online learning

stavrosOP3y ago

Ah OK, I thought you thought they said Colombia initially, and I was wondering if you found something else in it funny.

Interestingly, to me, Colombia and Columbia don't sound the same, but I'm not a native speaker and I tend to think of words in terms of their spelling rather than their pronunciation.

titanomachy3y ago

In Spanish they sound different. In English, most people pronounce them both like “Columbia”.

rahimnathwani3y ago

Right. The two being pronounced the same is essential to the joke.

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rahimnathwani3y ago

Sorry, wrote my comment in a hurry. I understood the joke the same way everyone else did...

- he told people he got his degree from Col*mbia (both place names are pronounced the same)

- people (naturally) assumed he meant Columbia

- the punchline reveals that it was actually Colombia

- the punchline also hints that he got his degree by buying a certificate online, rather than doing bona fide online learning

stavrosOP3y ago

Ah OK, I thought you thought they said Colombia initially, and I was wondering if you found something else in it funny.

Interestingly, to me, Colombia and Columbia don't sound the same, but I'm not a native speaker and I tend to think of words in terms of their spelling rather than their pronunciation.

titanomachy3y ago

In Spanish they sound different. In English, most people pronounce them both like “Columbia”.

rahimnathwani3y ago

Right. The two being pronounced the same is essential to the joke.

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