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| − | | number = 2814
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| − | | date = August 11, 2023
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| − | | title = Perseids Pronunciation
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| − | | image = perseids_pronunciation_2x.png
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| − | | titletext = When speaking out loud, you can can [sic] call it the 'Perseids meatier shower' and no one will ever know. (If you do get caught somehow, just tell them to Google the 'Kentucky meat shower' and that will distract them while you escape.)
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| − | ==Explanation==
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| − | {{incomplete|Created by the per-se-DEIS meteor shower - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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| − | This comic references the {{w|Perseids meteor shower}}, which is active in July and August. Their name ultimately derives from the ancient Greek hero ''Perseus'' (for ''his'' pronounciaton, check {{w|Perseus}}). There are various ways of pronouncing ''Perseids'', and [[Randall]] gives the obvious ones before the comic spirals into virtual nonsense, or possibly parodies of {{wiktionary|va-jay-jay|common euphemistic replacement words}}.
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| − | It should be noted that the last consonant is often pronounced as a "z" sound rather than "s" (the technical term is "voiced"), which is not reflected in these spellings.
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| − | {| class="wikitable"
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| − | ! scope="col"| Section
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| − | ! scope="col"| Term
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| − | ! scope="col"| Explanation
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| − | ! scope="row"| Generally accepted
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| − | | PER-see-ids
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| − | PURSE-yids
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| − | | These are the most common pronunciations in English.
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| − | ! scope="row"| Also heard sometimes
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| − | | Per-SEE-ids
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| − | Per-SAY-ids
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| − | | These are also considered acceptable.
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| − | ! scope="row"| Generally frowned on
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| − | |Per-SIDES
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| − | Per-ZAY-uds
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| − | PER-suds
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| − | | These are not very correct, but better than below
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| − | !scope="row"| Definitely wrong
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| − | | Perky-ids
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| − | | Calling them Perky seems likely to be an attempt to be dirty.
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| − | !scope="row"| Definitely wrong
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| − | | Pewpewpews
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| − | | This is referential to fictional lasers, which are known for their "pewpewpew" sounds. However, meteors are most definitely not lasers. Fictional lasers are often used to shoot fictional meteors, at least in fiction, so "pewpewpew meteors" makes a kind of sense as a description of such action.
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| − | !scope="row"| Definitely wrong
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| − | | Per-say-says
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| − | | This is a tradition of rhyming lazy/cute slang, like referring to the female reproductive part as {{wiktionary|va-jay-jay}}.
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| − | !scope="row"| Definitely wrong
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| − | | Percies Purps
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| − | | Spaced out to indicate that each word in the row is a separate entry. "Percies" seems to akin to nicknaming each meteor "Percy" and referring to all of them as a group. Purps is close to Perps, a short slang form of Perpetrator (generally the person responsible for a crime).
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| − | !scope="row"| Definitely wrong
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| − | | Pepsids Peeps
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| − | | Also spaced out. "Pepsids" seems to refer to Pepcid, an antacid, but misspelled to match the original word. It could also be referencing {{w|Pepsi}}. "Peeps" are shorebirds that are impossible to identify (for example, {{w|Least Sandpiper}}). See {{w|stints}}. But more likely either a reference to the Peep, a spongy candy which is shaped and decorated like baby chickens, or the slang for "people", particularly a group that the speaker identifies with, "my peeps". If the two names on this line were joined together, they could refer to a group of people in some way associated with antacids.
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| − | The title text mentions how "meteor" sounds like "meatier," {{w|Homophone|although the meanings are completely different}}. It suggests telling people about the {{w|Kentucky meat shower}}, an anomalous weather event in 1876, as a [[2467: Wikipedia Caltrops|way to distract]] them.
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| − | ==Transcript==
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| − | :How to pronounce the name of the Perseids meteor shower
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| − | :Generally accepted
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| − | ::PER-see-ids
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| − | ::PURSE-yids
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| − | :Also heard sometimes
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| − | ::Per-SEE-ids
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| − | ::Per-SAY-ids
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| − | :Generally frowned on
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| − | ::Per-SIDES
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| − | ::Per-ZAY-uds
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| − | ::PER-suds
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| − | :''Definitely'' wrong
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| − | ::Perky-ids
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| − | ::Pewpewpews
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| − | ::Per-say-says
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| − | ::Percies Purps
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| − | ::Pepsids Peeps
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| − | {{comic discussion}}
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| − | [[Category:Language]]
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| − | [[Category:Astronomy]]
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