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[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

Finland and sweden were having a competition about which language is the most beautiful. Finland was let to choose the sentence and "saari, saari, heinäsaari, heinäsaaren neito". In swedish its "Ö, ö, hö ö, hö ö mö"

(in english its "island, island, grassy island, grassy island's maiden")

[–] DisguisedJoker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A joke in Spanish: ¿Como se dice "autobus" en alemán? "subanstrujenbajen"

Explanation: The question asks how to say "bus" in German. The answer is a form of the words "get on, squeeze, get off" made to look/sound like faux German.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't know alemán was another way to say "German." I play early music, and it's also a type of song known as a "German dance," so that makes a lot of sense.

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The French call Germany "Allemande" as well.

[–] AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's that?

<Huh?>

What's that called?

Denali

I'm sorry?

Denali is what that's called.

Ah. Of course, off you go.

Marks down Mount Denali. Excellent.

[Joke from a bit farther up north than us, language is different but the joke's the exact same.]

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this like an ATM machine?

[–] HetareKing@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

In Japanese: 春夏冬
It means spring (haru), summer (natsu), winter (fuyu). What's missing? Autumn. In other words, autumn (aki) is nonexistent (nai), so this is pronounced akinai, which means "not getting tired/bored of something".

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

I hope this isn't racist as I never thought it was. Best told to an English speaker who only speaks that one language.

A Chinese man is walking down the street and he notices a Chinese friend of his on the other side of the street, walking the opposite way. He yells across the street to his friend "(do fake Chinese talk)". His friend yells back "(more fake Chinese talk)". He answers him back with more fake Chinese talk while starting to laugh. He then laughs like a loon as if it is the best joke he's ever heard.

There is no joke to get but only pretending there was one. Stupid and absurd, I know.

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hibbedi bobbedi hopfn, jetzt hoats a mal dei Fotzn.

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