ZombiepirateOct 20

What's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?

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What's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well? - Lemmy.World

Give me your wordplay and obscure culture references, I love them all.

Show threadKennystillaliveOct 20

Two divers meet. One say “Hi” the other says “where?!”

Two hunters meet. Both of them are dead.

Show threadneidu3Oct 20
Which language of origin?
Show threadKennystillaliveOct 20

German:

  • Joke: “Hi” is spoke like “Hai” German for shark. So when two divers meet and one says hi, the other thinks, where is the shark??

  • Joke: “to meet” is translated in german as treffen. Treffen can also the mean to hit. So the joke goes from a freindly meet up between hunters to both of them hitting eachother while on the hunt and dying.

    • Show threadsauerkrautsaulOct 20
    isnt it haifisch? rammstein vocabulary sorry
    Show threadLumidaubOct 20
    Haifisch is also correct but less commonly used. Sounds a bit old-timey, my first association is Mackie Messer (Mac the Knife): “Und der Haifisch, der hat Zähne”.
    Show threadsauerkrautsaul

    that song is actually pretty killer, pun intended…

    the rammstein lyrics are also pretty dope:

    Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen Und die laufen vom Gesicht, doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser – so die Tränen sieht man nicht.

    cool little song also

    Oct 21 at 1:06amWeb