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In what way are '''time''' and '''thyme''' ''near'' homophones? In what dialect are they not complete homophones? [[User:RyanofTinellb|RyanofTinellb]] ([[User talk:RyanofTinellb|talk]]) 23:50, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
 
In what way are '''time''' and '''thyme''' ''near'' homophones? In what dialect are they not complete homophones? [[User:RyanofTinellb|RyanofTinellb]] ([[User talk:RyanofTinellb|talk]]) 23:50, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
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I am sure there are at least some people who pronounce "th" in thyme the same way as "th" in "thing" making the two words sound slightly distinct... [[Special:Contributions/198.41.243.241|198.41.243.241]] 00:15, 18 September 2015 (UTC)

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Hilarious joke but Thyme isn't actually a spice, it's a herb.70.161.237.63 18:51, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

And Mussolini didn't make the trains run on time either (There were improvements in the railway system, but most were before he came to power). 108.162.221.223 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

How do we know that the guy at the PC is Cueball - it could just as well be Cueball that makes the terrible pun? He is just as often the one delivering terrible Your Mom joke, as the one telling people off for such behavior (since he is not the same character in Randall's XKCD but many different). Kynde (talk) 11:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, the official transcript only defines them as 'Standing man' and 'Man at computer'. --Alex (talk) 16:28, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

I have never understood the hate for puns. I like puns, they are great. 108.162.215.129 21:51, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

--I agree with you, but to others, they grate. 108.162.221.64 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

In what way are time and thyme near homophones? In what dialect are they not complete homophones? RyanofTinellb (talk) 23:50, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

I am sure there are at least some people who pronounce "th" in thyme the same way as "th" in "thing" making the two words sound slightly distinct... 198.41.243.241 00:15, 18 September 2015 (UTC)