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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)
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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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[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In English we have

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

Which means:

Bison who are bullied by bison do themselves intimidate or bully bison (at least in the city of Buffalo – implicitly, Buffalo, New York)

[–] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, verb is kind of a stretch though.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Also relevant: Americans think Bison and Buffalo are the same type of animal.