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Question: What is 'with' mean in this situation?(in 'FRIENDS') Thease are sitcom 'FRIENDS's lines.(Seasion1, episode18) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phoebe: You guys, you know what I just realized? 'Joker' is 'poker' with a 'J.' Coincidence? Chandler: Hey, that's... that's 'joincidence' with a 'C'! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (All script are http://www.friendscafe.org/scripts/s1/118.php) Question1: What is 'with' mean in this situation? 'with' exchange the first letter of the 'poker'? Question2: What is the 'joincidence'? What deference between 'coincidence' and 'joincidence'? Thank you.
Apr 15, 2012 11:35 PM
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"Joincidence " doesn't exist. It's a joke that Chandler made just to say that Phoebe's realization was stupid and useless ... =D and he took the word "coincidence" because she said "coincidence, huh... I don't think so... " At least, from my point of view ^^
April 16, 2012
/with/ in this case means /substitution/. Phoebe is often joking with words, and this is no exception; the result of a word transformation in a word game does not need to exist, just to be fun enough. I humbly confirm your initial hypothesis . Thank you for reminding me something funny and interesting as Phoebe's character!
April 16, 2012
"with" refers to the spelling of the word Joker spelt with a P is Poker Joincidence is Coincidence spelt with a J Joincidence is not a real word, but a word constructed for the purpose of the joke.
April 16, 2012
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