I think it's mainly the fact that the words don't really rhyme. Khan and John are pronounced slightly differently so most people wouldn't make that connection.
I don't pronounce them like that at all but I've heard "john" be pronounced with a long "ah" sound, like "jawwwwn" or "jaaaaahn" to rhyme with "Khan". I don't know, I don't even go here (non-native).
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proper@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 1y
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 31 pts · 1y
On the john. OOOOOOOOH. I felt like a complete moron for not being able to figure it out. Thanks!
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
One cannot be expected to known every slang term for a shitcan.
There’s just so many.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
I think it's mainly the fact that the words don't really rhyme. Khan and John are pronounced slightly differently so most people wouldn't make that connection.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
Khan on a Jahn
RangerAndTheCat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Taleya@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Or the pan, rhymes as well as john
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
Enhanced man on the can.
misophonium@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 1y
Aug on the clog?
darkpanda@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y
The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the poo.
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 12 pts · 1y
I suspect this might depend on the variety of English you speak? (And non-natives can fuck right off löl)
then_three_more@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
I think you need to speak the American dialect specifically.
As I Brit I could not get this one at all until I came to the comments. I was thinking Kahn on the loo. Kahn on the big. Kahn on the toilet.
TIN@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 1y
I was thinking Khan on the Khazi
then_three_more@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Kahn on the crapper
OpenStars@piefed.social · 2 pts · 1y
As an American I was doing similarly, just with different phrases (like "porcelain throne":-).
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Kahn on a John.
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 6 pts · 1y
Yeah, that doesn't rhyme at all in my head. I can see how it would though, I just have to rewire my brain to hear it.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 1y
How do you pronounce those words to make them rhyme? Khon? Jahn?
Lumidaub@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
I don't pronounce them like that at all but I've heard "john" be pronounced with a long "ah" sound, like "jawwwwn" or "jaaaaahn" to rhyme with "Khan". I don't know, I don't even go here (non-native).
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 1y
Non native too, trying to learn. English weirdos.
Maalus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
On a can
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
Khan on the can
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 1y
Caaaan!!!!
Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 1y
In my head i said "khone on the throne" 😅
Orbituary@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The number of people who don't get it is about right.
Tyfud@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1y
Toad on a commode
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Blackout@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1y