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0 pointsraulk9y ago0 comments

The new coin is still called "pound", so indeed the statement makes no sense.

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biot9y ago

The old pound coin was round. The new pound coin is 12-sided. Thus, the pound coin will still be around but it won't be round much longer.

It's a pun - the new coin is not round/circular, it's got shave edges.

It won't be round though, it'll be dodecahedral. It makes perfect sense, but has two possible meanings.

Yes he knows; he's saying that the pun is a bit shit because only one of the two meanings is actually true.

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biot9y ago

The old pound coin was round. The new pound coin is 12-sided. Thus, the pound coin will still be around but it won't be round much longer.

It's a pun - the new coin is not round/circular, it's got shave edges.

It won't be round though, it'll be dodecahedral. It makes perfect sense, but has two possible meanings.

Yes he knows; he's saying that the pun is a bit shit because only one of the two meanings is actually true.

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