I knew the full pun near the end of panel three -- Pastis telegraphing it in…
macannasays
I apologise for nitpicking, but … This is a bad pun, as it is incorrect. The cartoon claims “Jung” is pronounced like “Yung”, and for the pun to work this would mean the “u” would need to sound like the u in “but”. However, that is incorrect. It is pronounced like the u in “bush”.
@2: In some English dialects that vowel distinction (the FOOT-STRUT split) isn’t made. (I think of cud/could as a failed minimal pair.)
seachangesays
#2 @macanna
Pig is employed in an American post-capitalist context and is obligated to follow the policies and procedures of his prospective employer or get fired or never get the job. Boss says it’s pronounced the pun way, therefore as far as Pig is concerned it is.
I knew the full pun near the end of panel three -- Pastis telegraphing it in…
I apologise for nitpicking, but … This is a bad pun, as it is incorrect. The cartoon claims “Jung” is pronounced like “Yung”, and for the pun to work this would mean the “u” would need to sound like the u in “but”. However, that is incorrect. It is pronounced like the u in “bush”.
Karl G. Jung was, among other qualifications, a professor of internal medicine:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Gustav_Jung
Carl G. Jung, his grandson, was the psychiatrist:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung
@2: In some English dialects that vowel distinction (the FOOT-STRUT split) isn’t made. (I think of cud/could as a failed minimal pair.)
#2 @macanna
Pig is employed in an American post-capitalist context and is obligated to follow the policies and procedures of his prospective employer or get fired or never get the job. Boss says it’s pronounced the pun way, therefore as far as Pig is concerned it is.
@ macanna : accents exist. That is all.