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)

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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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[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago

Something similar in Finnish;

Kokoo koko kokko kokoon. Koko kokkoko kokoon? Koko kokko kokoon.

Which translates to

Put together the whole bonfire. The whole bonfire together? The whole bonfire together.

[-] AntY@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

A similar one in Swedish:

Bar barbar-bar barbar bar bar barbar-bar barbar.

This can be translated to “a lightly dressed barbarian from a bar for barbarians carried a lightly dressed barbarian from a bar for barbarians.”

[-] Draegur@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

https://youtu.be/ZYkBf0dbs5I

Barbara's barbarian rhubarb bar

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm a bit sad Rhabarberbarbarabarbarbarenbartbarbierbierbarbärbel doesn't make an appearance in this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG62zay3kck

(Bärbel owns a bar where she sells a special beer to the barber who cuts the beards of the barbarians who like to eat rhubarb cake at Barbara's (aka Rhubarb-Barbara) bar.)

[-] gjoel@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

Danish has: Far får får får? Nej, får får ikke får, får får lam.

This translates to: Dad, does sheep get (give birth to) sheep? No, sheep don't get sheep, sheep get lambs.

[-] voytek709@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Similarly, Swedish has

”Farfar, får får får?” (Grandpa, do sheep have sheep?)
”Nej, får får inte får, får får lamm”. (No, sheep don’t have sheep, sheep have lambs)

[-] ekky@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Or slightly different:

Får får får? Får får ej får, for får får lam.

[-] Lokoschade@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

There are several versions of these kinds of puns in German, one version:

Wenn Grillen Grillen grillen, grillen Grillen Grillen.

When crickets barbecue crickets, then crickets are barbecuing crickets.

[-] colderr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

As an Estonian, it doesn't surprise me that you Finnish people have this. You weird, but actually cool neighbours.

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