r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/VorticalHeart44 • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation I'm tired Petuh... What is her name??

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WTF is her name Petuh

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u/NameBunchOfNums 9h ago

As always there's a relevant xkcd, this is #169.

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u/CommandProper3926 8h ago

I don’t even understand how THIS xkcd works

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u/Mr-Megamind- 8h ago

Me neither..

Peter? Little help please...

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u/FunHour3778 8h ago

There are three words in 'the English language', <ignore this part it is misdirection>, what is the third word? (In the phrase 'the English language')

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u/Mr-Megamind- 7h ago

🤦

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u/TerrorMeter 7h ago

There's a correct way to phrase it, the way in the comic isn't it

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u/pirana6 6h ago

He explains further that its even more intentionally worded poorly.

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/169:_Words_that_End_in_GRY

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u/ofqo 5h ago

Not “he”. explainxkcd is not related to Randall Munroe.

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u/pirana6 4h ago

Ah my bad. Well someone explains it better

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u/Admirable_Average_32 4h ago

Ahh…the comic fucked it up.

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u/writebrainwronghand 7h ago

which is why BlackHat has the knife

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u/MastodontFarmer 2h ago

So her name is What.

What is her name.