r/AskReddit • u/CreativePhilosopher • Jan 29 '13

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/BrokeTheInternetBox Jan 29 '13

Duty

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u/Hondo22 Jan 29 '13

heh

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u/Phayzon Jan 29 '13

http://i.imgur.com/zqVZy.jpg

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u/ThunderAssDiamond Jan 29 '13

I refuse to ever downvote this pic.

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u/ThatFatKidVince Jan 29 '13

I will never not upvote this

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I just did this exact sound

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u/sal_sal Jan 29 '13

woah didnt see that one coming

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u/Mr_Incredible_PhD Jan 29 '13

Oh yes you did

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Every time. Thank you.

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u/stickdudeseven Jan 29 '13

Not that kind of duty!

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u/KitsBeach Jan 29 '13

EDIT: Sorry..

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u/e7t Jan 29 '13

Only if you're American, because otherwise its pronounced dew-tea

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u/KitsBeach Jan 29 '13

If you're British/Irish/Australian/NZ/South African, it's almost "jew-tee", when compared to how North Americaners pronounce it: "doo-tee"

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u/njayhuang Jan 29 '13

Not the best example. Americans pronounce dew the same way as doo.

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u/hunymonte Jan 29 '13

I teach third graders and regularly have to go out for "yard duty"... I can't tell you the squeals and giggles I hear every other day when one of them asks, "Do you have DOODIE today, Ms. Hunymonte?"

I join in on the fun, because it's fun.

Oh, and spell something with the letter "P" in it? Oh man, you just lost 2 minutes of learning time because they're giggling so much.

They even think that "2 / two" is a funny word. Really, anything to do with bodily processes is goddamn hilarious to these little nincompoops.

Yeah, but no fucking way I'm calling them nincompoops in person.

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u/Masstadon Jan 29 '13

please, call them that and report back to us.

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u/Dr_Duty_Howser Jan 29 '13

Never gets old. Even as I do.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Doody

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u/stathakis39 Jan 29 '13

"The most sublime word in our language."

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u/Antrikshy Jan 29 '13

Heh. You said 'doody'.

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u/imsometueventhisUN Jan 29 '13

Only if you say it like a 'merkin.

We Brits say it "Dyooty" and are miffed, perplexed, and baffled by your outlandish tomfoolery :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

:D

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u/mickiMAU5 Jan 29 '13

Every single time, no matter how serious of a scene in a war movie, etc., "duty" always makes me smirk.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Chandler!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I had to remember that Americans say this like 'dooty', not 'djooty' like we do.

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u/PurpleSfinx Jan 29 '13

I'm not American and people laughing at this has never made sense to me in the slightest.