Comment on *laughs in Dutch*

MrRandom@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Disclaimer: This joke also doesnt work in Chinese

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• zikzak025@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I would figure the joke doesn’t work in Dutch because Dutch has different words.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yes. Puns rely on the language of their presentation to work.

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• InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Gogh sounds like hocking up a loogie in Dutch

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• Zwiebel@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  “van” is pronouned as 1 with a v (‘v-one’)

  More like fan with a british accent

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