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What’s the longest word in the dictionary? Smiles. Because there’s a mile between the two S’s. I accidentally drank a bottle of invisible ink. Now I’m in hospital, waiting to be seen. Americans can't switch from pounds to kilograms overnight. That would cause mass confusion.
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@IHasWisdom switching within weeks or months, in steps or waves would lead to even longer confusion. They just won't anyway. @IHasWisdom A woman is on trial for beating her husband to death with his guitar collection. Judge says, ‘First offender?’ She says, ‘No, first a Gibson! Then a Fender!’ Yesterday I confused the words "jacuzzi" and "yakuza". Now I'm in hot water with the Japanese mafia.
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Japanese is notoriously known for its many homonyms. Native speakers of Japanese therefore "draw" the kanji of the words they say inro the hand with a finger to avoid this type of confusion. But make sure to use the right kanji so that you not get into trouble. |