I once managed a tri-lingual pun. Unfortunately, it wasn't actually funny. But, purely for academic interest, here it is:
Our milkman always greets me with a "Hey dude!" I wondered why, and realised that it's because he's my pal. Hindi doodh = Malayalam Paal = English Milk. It's pretty cheesy, I know, but I'm going to milk it for whatever I can get. -- b On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Shyam Sunder <[email protected]> wrote: > How many legs does an ordinary hen have? In English, two. In tamil, ten. > > Warm regards > > Shyam > > -----Original Message----- > From: silklist > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Thaths > Sent: 24 September 2015 12:12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [silk] Puns in other languages > > One interesting thing I'm noticing is that all three Tamil puns are punning > with English. Anyone know of ones that pun within the language itself? Or are > homonyms a rarity in Tamil? > > Thaths > > On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 13:19 Naresh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bus-sa pin aale thallina ennagu? >> Pin valanju pogu!! >> >> Naresh Narasimhan >> Sent from my Phone >> >> > On 24-Sep-2015, at 8:42 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Opposite of area? Eranguya.... Old Tamil PJ. >> >> On Sep 24, 2015 8:37 AM, "Udhay Shankar N" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 5:05 AM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> What are your favorite puns in languages that are not English? >> >> >> >> >> >> "Hold my bike" = "encyclopedia". >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >> >> >> >> > >
