Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman Podcast, I'm Baylor F. Jesse Thorn.

This week you say tomato, I say justice.

Matt is our complainant, he brings the case against his good friend Josh, who he argues

pronounces a number of words incorrectly.

Matt says that some leniency in pronunciation is acceptable due to regional differences,

but he maintains that for the following words, there is a standard pronunciation that

lends itself to being understood by a broad range of people, and that the way his friend

Josh says these words is simply wrong.

The words will be detailed in the case.

Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom.

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, welcome to the court of let's calling the whole thing off.

Judge, Jesse, will you please swear in the complainant and the defendant?

Please raise your right hands.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you

God or whatever?

Yes, I do so swear, yes, I do.

Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling despite the fact that his books can

consistently be found in the humor section?

I do.

I do.

Very well, Judge Hodgman.

Good morning.

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