Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?message-squaremessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1102arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·13 hours ago you could have just said No, you could not, and that’s what makes it a Jiddish joke. It’s cultural, not linguistic.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 hours agoAs 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.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoFYI…you might want to edit. Or not, because it’s funny that way.
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.
FYI…you might want to edit. Or not, because it’s funny that way.