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 Post subject: Re: multicultural joke
PostPosted: Thu 30 Aug 2012 9:39 am 
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Thank you for the explanations about "La Whore". It could be said to be a trilingual joke, though. La (French) Whore (English) tar éis a sé (Irish). But the most important part is the interplay between English and Irish. It is very hard to find jokes where the pun is trilingual.

I am a Catalan speaker and I have heard the same joke about the man drinking from the pool but in Catalan and Spanish. It's amazing how the oral tradition spreads!


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 Post subject: Re: multicultural joke
PostPosted: Fri 31 Aug 2012 10:42 pm 
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There's another way that it could be seen as trilingual, and I thought at first that it was intended.

La whore tar-éis a sé = La whore trashy [or: "trashy she"].

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 Post subject: Re: multicultural joke
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Latest news: only coffee may be served in restaurants in Gaeltacht areas. Apparently there’s a ban on tea.
:rofl: I somehow missed this when I read the thread before. Tá sé iontach greannmhar!

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