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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I get the joke in the title, but not the one in the image. Is "cat sank" a homophone with something in French?

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The numbers four and five (quatre, cinq) are pronounced like ‘cat’ and ‘sank’ in informal spoken French.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, ok. So I'm not an idiot. I just don't speak french! Whew!

GUYS!!! IT'S OK!!! I'M NOT AN IDIOT AFTERALL!!!

walks away

steps on a rake

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My new username is Usernamerakeface

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Just in case you ever want it, here's the French spelling:

"Un deux trois quatre cinq" (12345)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

😄 That's awesome, I'd like to say lol, but it's really just funny enough to get a big grin

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.woodwardfrench.com/lesson/numbers-from-1-to-100-in-french/

4 = quatre ("cat"), 5 = cinq ("sank")

it's the kind of joke that further diminishes my already mutilated will to live

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

it's the kind of joke that further diminishes my already mutilated will to live

So it's perfect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago