I knew the full pun near the end of panel three -- Pastis telegraphing it in…
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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”.
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.)