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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#1: Oct 15th 2021 at 5:56:13 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sherby.png

Shows both the original words and the misheard words.

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#2: Oct 15th 2021 at 6:19:01 PM

The current and caption were selected here. The OP isn't bad but is a little crunchy.

Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#3: Oct 15th 2021 at 6:25:58 PM

It looks better when it's resized using quoteright (I'm not sure how it got so big in the first place), but quoteright isn't working in the above post.

The original page

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#4: Oct 15th 2021 at 6:42:35 PM

I don't mind replacing the current with OP's suggestion but with better quality.

jandn2014 Very Spooky from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#6: Oct 15th 2021 at 11:57:18 PM

I don't get it. The guy in the back is being unintelligible, and the guy in the front has his mind wander and think of birds, or something? I'm not familiar with anyone or anything called "sherby" either.

The current isn't great but it's clearer than the suggestion.

Edited by Spark9 on Oct 15th 2021 at 11:57:51 AM

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#7: Oct 16th 2021 at 12:08:15 AM

[up] He's hearing the words "Sure Be" as "Sherby", which seems to be a cross between Sherbet and a Furby.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#8: Oct 16th 2021 at 12:12:43 AM

[up] That sounds more like a Cloudcuckoolander than this trope, really.

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WarJay77 Big Catch, Sparkle Edition (Troper Knight)
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#9: Oct 16th 2021 at 12:18:59 AM

Not really? He misheard the words as a different (albeit non-existent) word. That's the trope.

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#10: Oct 16th 2021 at 12:26:06 AM

I can support 5.

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selkies Professional Wick Checker Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
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#11: Oct 16th 2021 at 1:22:20 AM

Yeah, the bird thing is random without context, but why would he think of the word "Sherby?" outta nowhere? He must've misheard the other dude.

How about "Sherby? Shorby? Shore bee? Ah! Shore bee it is!" as a caption?

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#12: Oct 16th 2021 at 1:43:13 PM

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a3355629_b08d_4ae1_a952_1a19698908bf.png
Sherby? Shorby? Shore bee? Ah! Shore bee it is!

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Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#13: Oct 17th 2021 at 2:11:03 PM

What if the second sentence in the speech bubble was faded to draw more attention to the relevant part?

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#14: Oct 17th 2021 at 2:11:57 PM

Here’s the real question: is there anything wrong with the current?

Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#15: Oct 17th 2021 at 2:29:23 PM

[up] Nope.

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#16: Oct 17th 2021 at 2:43:57 PM

My main issue is that it's too small and the visuals don't add as much as they seem to do for this image.

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Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#17: Oct 17th 2021 at 3:15:15 PM

The suggestion is more concise. The current doesn't work as well if you're not familiar with the Pledge of Allegiance and have to read the caption to get the joke (like me, a non-American), while the suggestion has both the misheard source and the misinterpreted version in the image.

Edited by Synchronicity on Oct 17th 2021 at 5:15:35 AM

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#18: Oct 17th 2021 at 3:16:13 PM

In that case, I vote for 5/12.

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#23: Oct 21st 2021 at 8:38:05 PM

Are you gonna do it, Willbyr?

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jandn2014 Very Spooky from somewhere in Connecticut Since: Aug, 2017 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#24: Oct 22nd 2021 at 4:07:57 AM

…do what? Add the image? If so, then I don’t think there’s enough consensus for the suggestion yet.

Edited by jandn2014 on Oct 22nd 2021 at 7:08:28 AM

back lol
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#25: Oct 22nd 2021 at 6:18:03 AM

[tup] for 12 for above reasons.

ImagePickin: Mondegreen
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