In Japanese: 春夏冬
It means spring (haru), summer (natsu), winter (fuyu). What's missing? Autumn. In other words, autumn (aki) is nonexistent (nai), so this is pronounced akinai, which means "not getting tired/bored of something".
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An Ulster Scots one:
"Ballymena mawn went uptae glens in Canadae yin dae"
"An he saa tae yer man in the pub: What's that thaer on tha wall?"
"An the publickan saa "Why, That's a moose"
"Ballymena man saa: "Aye? That a moose? Sure, if thats a moose then yer cats must be wile big!" "
As a Canadian in Scotland, this is the number one joke I'm told by Scots. Closely followed by the statement "I've a (cousin/sister/brother/uncle/auntie etc) in Canada." I swear, it's probably 1 in 3 Scots with family in Canada.
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Yiddish. Does not translate to Christian.
Old man goes to the same lunch counter every day and orders the exact same meal every time. Tuna fish salad on rye toast and tomato soup.
One day he walks in and orders his meal. The waiter brings it.
"Waiter, I want you to try this soup."
"I'm sorry sir, I'll get you a different bowl."
"No, I want you to try this soup!"
"I'll get the manager."
"No, I want you to try this soup!"
This goes on for five minutes and finally the waiter gives up.
"Okay, I'll try the soup. Where's the spoon?"
"Aha!"
What really translates here for me is how exhausting customers can be.
If the server forgot to bring a spoon you could have just said that five minutes ago while the soup was still hot.
you could have just said
No, you could not, and that's what makes it a Jiddish joke. It's cultural, not linguistic.
As a stupid curious person, why couldn't you just say that in Yiddish? Aside from how it wouldn't be a funny joke anymore lol.
I don't know about Yiddish culture, but there are a lot of cultures where it would be considered extremely improper to tell someone they made a mistake because this would ring shame on them – complaining to a superior even more so. In these cultures, you have to resort to such indirect clues as described in the joke to communicate complaints.
As I understand it, this joke describes the a clash between shame based and guilt based cultures making fun of both.
I didn't know this joke had Yiddish origins. Funnily enough, it was told to me by my Jewish grandmother when she was explaining in a convoluted way that I should sweep before mopping 🤣.
One time, between classes we got on the topic of ethnic humor. The guy I told the joke to looked at me like I was insane, but the Russian immigrant woman who overheard it laughed. Someone else told me that Southern US folks would get it.
Abraham to Beebraham: "Okay to borrow your zebra for a sec?"
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"Can I borrow your zebra" in rather casual speech is "Kann ich ma dein Zebra ham", where "Zebra ham" sounds like C-braham. As in A-braham B-braham C-braham. I swear it's hilarious.
Får får inte får. Får får lamm.
sheeps don't get sheeps. Sheeps get lambs.
Får = sheep/to get
var tog vägen vägen? Ute på en åker och åker
where did the road go? Out in a field and driving
"Tog vägen" = literally "took the road", meaning "where did it go", sort of. And åker = driving and a farm field.
I got a t-shirt from the Swedish Society for People with Anxiety. It came with a print on the chest.
"print on the chest" would be "tryck för/på/över bröstet" having the double meaning "preassure over the chest".
Then there are endless of jokes from Gothenburg which all do not translate.
Who is faster, Eminem or Taylor Swift? Eminem, he is a rapper
"rapper" in swedish is "rappare", meaning also "faster".
In stockholm a snake escaped the zoo and has not been found. The zoo is missing him a lot
The last bit in swedish would be "saknaden är enorm", "saknad" being the emotion of missing someone, "enorm" being large/a lot/great. But also enorm=en-orm=a-snake.
No matter how sloshed you may be, Goethe was a poet.
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"Dicht" is a word for "drunk/pissed/sloshed". "Dichter" is both "poet" and "more sloshed".
Oh God there are so many of these.
No matter how young your friends are, Jesus's friends were apostles.
No matter how well you drive, trains drive freight.
No matter how empty you feel, remember, there others who are teachers (this one works out unexpectedly well)
A joke in Spanish: ¿Como se dice "autobus" en alemán? "subanstrujenbajen"
Explanation: The question asks how to say "bus" in German. The answer is a form of the words "get on, squeeze, get off" made to look/sound like faux German.
I didn't know alemán was another way to say "German." I play early music, and it's also a type of song known as a "German dance," so that makes a lot of sense.
The French call Germany "Allemande" as well.
What's that?
<Huh?>
What's that called?
Denali
I'm sorry?
Denali is what that's called.
Ah. Of course, off you go.
Marks down Mount Denali. Excellent.
[Joke from a bit farther up north than us, language is different but the joke's the exact same.]
Is this like an ATM machine?
Could say yea
I hope this isn't racist as I never thought it was. Best told to an English speaker who only speaks that one language.
A Chinese man is walking down the street and he notices a Chinese friend of his on the other side of the street, walking the opposite way. He yells across the street to his friend "(do fake Chinese talk)". His friend yells back "(more fake Chinese talk)". He answers him back with more fake Chinese talk while starting to laugh. He then laughs like a loon as if it is the best joke he's ever heard.
There is no joke to get but only pretending there was one. Stupid and absurd, I know.