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BeetleMoses | Bluesky
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Comic page 1: a group of young emo people are hanging out in a venue with a banner that reads EMO NIGHT. Outside the venue, an emu is on the phone. He says, “yeah, could you pick me up? I think I misread the flyer.” Suddenly, behind the emu someone exclaims, “hey!”
Page 2: a girl standing in the doorway of the venue says to the emu, “you coming in? The show’s about to start!” The emu, a bit surprised, responds, “oh. Uhh…” Cut to the interior of the venue and the emu is standing in a crowd of people watching a band perform. He seems to be enjoying himself.
I remember nobody confusing those terms.
Lol yeah, I don’t remember this happening at all. Probably because you could kind of tell from context which word would come up and emu would rarely come up in conversation where I lived as a teen.
I grew up in an area where neither was very common so I guess that’s why. Also, the vowels are still district but closer than in English
Sorry if I’m wrong, but I think you mean distinct.
True
I guess we never met
You’re also not “everyone.”
I might have exaggerated. I’m not claiming universality. To be more precise: In my social group, people confused these words sometimes on purpose but also as a genuine mistake. This might differ completely in other cities and countries
If you don’t use the same vowels in your language, I guess
The vowels are distinct but closer than in English