Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThymos@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoDutch: Er liep een man in de woestijn en die vond een kameel, maar de kameel vond van niet. English: A man was walking in the desert and he found a camel, but the camel found he hadn’t. I don’t know, maybe it works in English too.
minus-squareThymos@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoSorry, can’t help you there. There’s nothing less funny than explaining jokes, except maybe this joke…
Dutch: Er liep een man in de woestijn en die vond een kameel, maar de kameel vond van niet.
English: A man was walking in the desert and he found a camel, but the camel found he hadn’t.
I don’t know, maybe it works in English too.
I don’t get it, and I speak Dutch…
Sorry, can’t help you there. There’s nothing less funny than explaining jokes, except maybe this joke…