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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A similar one in Swedish:

Bar barbar-bar barbar bar bar barbar-bar barbar.

This can be translated to “a lightly dressed barbarian from a bar for barbarians carried a lightly dressed barbarian from a bar for barbarians.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/ZYkBf0dbs5I

Barbara's barbarian rhubarb bar

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm a bit sad Rhabarberbarbarabarbarbarenbartbarbierbierbarbärbel doesn't make an appearance in this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG62zay3kck

(Bärbel owns a bar where she sells a special beer to the barber who cuts the beards of the barbarians who like to eat rhubarb cake at Barbara's (aka Rhubarb-Barbara) bar.)