Puns - Seriously

It really depends on the people of the country...

 

It's probably something to do with the vast number of words in the English language - more than any other I believe. English has dozens of ways to say any one thing and lots of words that sound the same but mean completely different things. With this background we've probably been subconsciously trained in wordplay. Also there's some tradition - that Hakespeare bloke for example.

 

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Kaiser, explain please? Why, What, How?
(You've left me in the deep end)
Still can't get over 'Hakespeare', should be Stratforward enough! Oh we're Avon a good time even if some people are 'making much ado about nothing!

 

I've split up the poor hijacked Cod War topic ( ), and this thread is for a discussion of punning only!

You wanna pun, go to the 'Fish Puns...' topic (unless you are making a point...)

 

Would anybody believe if i say that i just never realized that this topic was there? I only do fast visits on the forum due to the exams so i only go to a couple topics. Mist this one

Anyway, what's wrong with puns? I love the fish puns. They are funny, if not hillarious. However, as a non english speaking person it is sometimes difficult to understand it all. Nevertheless, a little bit of fun is always welcom after a hard day. After all, that's why the Humor topic was created for.


Ricky, there are a lot of puns in other languages but if we should start posting them here, nobody would understand them because this is largly a forum with english speaking members.

 

That's what I always assumed, until Varyag's post.

 

I don't sea why there can't be puns in odder languages. Off course, the puns are not in English, but rather the lingua franca of the individual country.

One problem is that non-native English speakers might just think of the puns as poor spelling, and inversely, native English speakers might consider the English puns of non-native English speakers as errors, and do not want to point they out in fear of embarrassing someone.

 

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Well,the official language of our country here is English,British English.But we seldom make puns like the Englishmen do unless it is people who are really rewally westernised.

For me,i'm not so westernised so our puns are mixed with dialects and Chinese and Malay and what so slangs of our mixed up culture.

 

serious puns

I would love to see puns in other languages, I was even considering doing a few fish puns in Dutch, Dutch sounding to English but thought it might be a bit too much.
ie...... Griet = Brill,
Heilbot....' a victory boat?'
Diklip....... the mind boggles!

 

No, you can have a lot of fun with Dutch too...

Kris

 

A lot of people have fun with Dutch, whether they are Dutch or not

 

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Antwerp opens a lot of possibilities!

 

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Christian, Fun with the Dutch?.........
"Wooden shoe believe it!"
(But we won't clog up the system!)

 

No, Ricky. Puns are simply not funny.

Some people do practise puns in Norwegian too, but this sort of humour are generally considered "soft", in lack of a better expression. They can be funny if used in the right context, but puns just for the sake of it are not considered funny.

And just to clear up any misunderstandings. I do know English well enough to understand your puns, I just don't think they're funny.

 

Ah, well that is just senses of humour.

Puns over here tend to be thought of as 'witty' rather than 'funny'

ie: "clever and amusing" rather than "so funny it hurts"

And not everybody likes them. My poor wife has started to issue threats if I try to make puns now...

 

Rick's wife.

Probably just a 'matterermoney' Richard! :roll:

 

Why am i a technician now?I'm a medic!

 

Magic

 

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Ok, give me one... I am curious??

Kris

 

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In UK WW2 language a 'twirp' was a not very bright person.
So... eg. "And twerps anonymous met at the Mannikin Piscatorial in the company of the local Brussels".
'Brussels' = Brussel Sprouts = Boy Scouts'.