SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThere was also the Spanish cat uno dos, but he disappeared without a treslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down19
arrow-up1191arrow-down1imageThere was also the Spanish cat uno dos, but he disappeared without a treslemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarejedibob5@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months agoI get the joke in the title, but not the one in the image. Is “cat sank” a homophone with something in French?
minus-squareVrijgezelopkamers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·2 months agoThe numbers four and five (quatre, cinq) are pronounced like ‘cat’ and ‘sank’ in informal spoken French.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·2 months agoAh, ok. So I’m not an idiot. I just don’t speak french! Whew! GUYS!!! IT’S OK!!! I’M NOT AN IDIOT AFTERALL!!! walks away steps on a rake
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minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoMy new username is Usernamerakeface
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoJust in case you ever want it, here’s the French spelling: “Un deux trois quatre cinq” (12345)
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months ago😄 That’s awesome, I’d like to say lol, but it’s really just funny enough to get a big grin
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·2 months agohttps://www.woodwardfrench.com/lesson/numbers-from-1-to-100-in-french/ 4 = quatre (“cat”), 5 = cinq (“sank”) it’s the kind of joke that further diminishes my already mutilated will to live
minus-squareBotzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months ago it’s the kind of joke that further diminishes my already mutilated will to live So it’s perfect.
I get the joke in the title, but not the one in the image. Is “cat sank” a homophone with something in French?
The numbers four and five (quatre, cinq) are pronounced like ‘cat’ and ‘sank’ in informal spoken French.
Ah, ok. So I’m not an idiot. I just don’t speak french! Whew!
GUYS!!! IT’S OK!!! I’M NOT AN IDIOT AFTERALL!!!
walks away
steps on a rake
Username checks out
My new username is Usernamerakeface
Just in case you ever want it, here’s the French spelling:
“Un deux trois quatre cinq” (12345)
😄 That’s awesome, I’d like to say lol, but it’s really just funny enough to get a big grin
https://www.woodwardfrench.com/lesson/numbers-from-1-to-100-in-french/
4 = quatre (“cat”), 5 = cinq (“sank”)
it’s the kind of joke that further diminishes my already mutilated will to live
So it’s perfect.
Quatre Cinq