A Japanese Mondegreen—I Think

rogersgeorge on October 8th, 2020

I happen to know that a final “u” in Japanese spelling is not pronounced. Carefully compare what she said with what her dad says in the last panel, and I think you’ll get it. Any of you Japanese speakers out there able to verify my post here?

Ben Comic Strip for July 22, 2020 — https://www.gocomics.com/ben/2020/07/22

If you don’t know what a mondegreen is, do a search in the upper right corner of this post.

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