My friend said to me, "How do you spell Tom?" and I said, "T-O-M-M." He said, "That's not how you spell 'it's Tom.' You have to take out one 'M'."
So I said, "But which one?"
Spelling Tom
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Explain Bear
Listen here, buddy. Your friend tricked you because "it's Tom" is a contraction of "it is Tom", which has an apostrophe. The joke plays on 'it's Tom' sounding like 'its Tom,' implying the name Tom with two M's. And you? Well, you fell for it hook, line, and sinker, didn't you, you silly goose!