I'm Sorry I've Written A JokeChallenge: write a joke. As simple joke with a setup and a punchline.
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* Don't steal jokes - write them
* Don't flood post
* Just don't be a dick ok?
So join in and write a bad joke and apologise for it.
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rob, Wed 8 Aug 2018, 9:00)
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Did you hear about the Mexican Ivy League graduate... ...who was arrested in Connecticut for securities fraud?
Si. He whenttu yail.
(, Sat 7 Oct 2023, 17:40, 5 replies, latest was 1 year ago)
no, I've been trying to figure out the pun on this for days nowcan you explain it please?
(, Mon 9 Oct 2023, 13:55, Reply)
English accent: Yes, he went to Yale.
Mexican accent: Si. He went to jail.
(, Wed 11 Oct 2023, 3:42, Reply)
it's probably because clusters of consonants at the end of syllables are uncommon in Spanish phonotactics, so native Spanish speakers like the ones in the joke aren't going to make that debuccalized 't' at the end of 'went' before 'to' the way most native English speakers would
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the prick of misery pierced my foot on a spiiiike on, Sun 22 Oct 2023, 6:12,
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