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Originally Posted by Undertoad
I'm so sorry -- but I always find the snark "faux news" to be stupid, because "faux" is pronounced "foh", with a long o.
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But I always found it funny and snarky for just that reason! Like us calling the Daily Mail "the Hate Mail"
It isn't a homophone or a homonym, but it reflects the nature of the beast.
I didn't know that anyone read the words Faux News and heard Fox in their head.
Then again, I had meme down as memm, thinking it was based on the French for "the same", so I'm not reliable in internet pronunciation