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minus-squarecaboose2006@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 hours agoMy wife is fluent in German and while she can read the memes she doesn’t understand half of them
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 hours agoDon’t worry, ich_iel is confusing for native speakers as well.
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agoThe way I see it: On English lemmy there are countless situations in which people fail to pick up on jokes/wordplay. I imagine the same happens quite often in any media in any language.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 hours ago…skill issue? I presume your wife just needs more literalism and brain worms / absurdism
minus-squarecaboose2006@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·7 hours agoOr a labotomy, but I prefer the way she is. Guess we’ll just have to “huh” together for a little while longer.
My wife is fluent in German and while she can read the memes she doesn’t understand half of them
Don’t worry, ich_iel is confusing for native speakers as well.
The way I see it:
On English lemmy there are countless situations in which people fail to pick up on jokes/wordplay. I imagine the same happens quite often in any media in any language.
…skill issue?
I presume your wife just needs more literalism and brain worms / absurdism
Or a labotomy, but I prefer the way she is. Guess we’ll just have to “huh” together for a little while longer.