Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your favorite joke that doesn't translate to English very well?Zombiepirate@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretektite@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoWhat really translates here for me is how exhausting customers can be. If the server forgot to bring a spoon you could have just said that five minutes ago while the soup was still hot.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·13 days ago you could have just said No, you could not, and that’s what makes it a Jiddish joke. It’s cultural, not linguistic.
What really translates here for me is how exhausting customers can be.
If the server forgot to bring a spoon you could have just said that five minutes ago while the soup was still hot.
No, you could not, and that’s what makes it a Jiddish joke. It’s cultural, not linguistic.