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what’s a pun in your language, the english translation, and do you think it makes sense in english or has an english equivalent? (feddit.cl)

submitted 1 week ago by RicoSuave@feddit.cl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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in portuguese, i just came across “por que o vírus da gripe não tem amigos? porque ele é uma má influenza”

translation: “why does the flu virus have no friends? because it’s a bad influenza!”(Influence)

i think it could work in english but sounds better in portuguese.

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"5 neden 6'dan korkdu? Çünkü 6 7 8"
Why was 5 afraid of 6? Because 6 7 8.

"7" in Turkish is a homonym for "eaten". That's right, same as the english joke minus 1.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hah! That's interesting! I wonder if that's purely by coincidence, or if there is some etymological reason for this.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm betting more on pure coincidence -- especially since the number 7 (yedi) derives from the proto-Turkic "*jëtï" and the past tense verb of "having eaten" (yedi) is an eclectic mix of the word for food (yemek) and eating (yermek) with a past second-person suffix (-di) tacked on. I'd wager the universe just rolled snake-eyes on this one!

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks for sharing 👍