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Linguistic Fingerprints Part 5

Linguistic Fingerprints Part 5

Jokes cannot be translated. It simply doesn't work.

But having British genes I do so love to laugh:

What did the personal injury lawyer name her daughter? ....

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Charlemagne or Karl der Grosse is quoted to have said: "To have another language is to possess a second soul."

So the first time you speak a second language well enough to truly laugh at a joke, is a time for celebration. My first-ever German joke will follow as soon as I find one that someone has laughed at...

You don't have to find my jokes funny... but as I mentioned above, I do love to laugh...

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