Comment on German joke

• cjk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There is a trope of nonsensically combining statements, e.g. “at night it’s colder than outside” (it’s called Alogismus - is alogism a proper english word?). It’s children humor, most of them find it funny somewhere between 6 and 14 yo.

  This sentence is an example of that:

  • camels don’t sit in basements
  • you can’t chop kerosene
  • Christmas has nothing to do with the fact that the camel traveled via bicycle

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  • Cheesehat1784@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ach so! ich verstehe jetzt. Yeah the cultural immersion is still a bit far in my German learning journey. Aber danke dir :)

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    • cjk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gerne! :-)

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