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Wordplay About Might and Mould Amuses Language Fans
Original: Might shouldn't make right, but... Might may make Mould? Checkmate linguists ๐๐ # LinguisticMemes # Meme # Linguistics #
A writer's playful pun playing on the near-identical spelling of 'might' and 'mould' has drawn amused engagement from the linguistics and reading communities. The joke riffs on the saying 'might makes right', twisting it into 'might may make mould', and jokes that it leaves linguists checkmated. Readers are sharing it as lighthearted language humor.
Why now: Lighthearted linguistic wordplay is circulating and entertaining book and language communities.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 2 snapshots from 19 h ago to 17 h ago.
Evidence
- Might shouldn't make right, but... Might may make Mould? Checkmate linguists ๐๐ # LinguisticMemes # Meme # Linguistics # Language # Words # Humor # Humour # Funny # Reading # Readers # ReadingCommunity # Novel # Books # Fiction # Bookstodon ยท NickEast_IndieWriter@mastodon.art ยท 29
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