My favourites are when I can mix up languages in puns. Eg. The opposite of leg-pulling is arm-streeling.
That uses Hindi. Paradise is a devastate. That could be any Indian language. French candy in Frankfurt is Fransuessigkeiten.. and so it goes. On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:05 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Source: https://plus.google.com/+MohammedAlSahaf/posts/3DrDr6cD7wj [1] > > "The gesture for "pasteurized milk" in ASL (American Sign Language) is the > gesture for the word "milk" while moving your hand Past Your Eyes. That's > right, it's a pun." > > Milk (noun): https://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/MILK/627/1 > Pasteurized milk: https://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/pasteurized+milk > > This got me thinking.... what are some other punny languages in the world? > People tell me that puns are highly evolved and prized among Mandarin > speakers. Tamil has the concept of "kadi" jokes which are almost, but not > entirely, unlike puns. > > What are your favorite puns in languages that are not English? > > Thaths