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A speaker of a foreign language can create a pun, or some sort of oddly constructed phrase in the reader's language by mistake. In Phillip K. Dick's novel, "The Man in the High Castle," a Japanese...
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System
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2019-12-08T12:00:07Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Wastrel
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2019-12-08T12:00:07Z (over 4 years ago)
A speaker of a foreign language can create a pun, or some sort of oddly constructed phrase in the reader's language by mistake. In Phillip K. Dick's novel, "The Man in the High Castle," a Japanese character, Mr. Tagomi, says, "Fleece-seeking cortical response." It takes another character a second to realize that Tagomi means "woolgathering." It seems to me that one could have a foreign speaker make unintentional puns, or try to translate puns in his own language literally with humorous results. This gimmick requires an explanation and can be used too many times.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-05-27T13:20:22Z (almost 5 years ago)
Original score: 3