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If you think English has too many puns, I suggest you try Japanese. So many words with the same or similar pronunciations, it's just beautiful. True story: La
by labster 10y ago
If you think English has too many puns, I suggest you try Japanese. So many words with the same or similar pronunciations, it's just beautiful.
True story: Larry Wall went into an Indian restaurant in Tokyo. He pointed to the bread and asked the waiter, "Naan desu ka?"
- khedoros1 10y agoWas there a convenient picture of a panda for the waiter to point to in reply?
- labster 10y ago^_^ Not sure, I wasn't there. Larry told the story to me at a YAPC::NA when we were having a conversation about multilingual puns.
- seanp2k2 10y agoIf you're into Japanese puns, bread, and anime, Yakitate Japan will be right up your alley, and the whole series is legitimately available to watch free on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Tyb7ri8EcOo?list=PLrrh84y760v8QyC5bDENLId-PNqNDpOgG https://youtu.be/Tyb7ri8EcOo?list=PLrrh84y760v8QyC5bDENLId-P...
- DanBC 10y agoSadly not available everywhere: http://imgur.com/a/oxIgt http://imgur.com/a/oxIgt (UK).
- eru 10y agoYes. Though just complaining about puns was perhaps a bit lazy of me. Given the prevalence of zero derivations the grammar is rife with ambiguities. As an example, try to create a German version of "Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana."