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Old June 05, 2009, 09:46 AM
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Un chiste:)

Hola a todos, un chiste penqueño para los amantes de los idiomas

¿Por qué se conduce en un "parkway" y se aparca en un "driveway"?

Los idiomas pueden ser muy complicado
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Hola a todos, un chiste penqueño para los amantes de los idiomas

¿Por qué se conduce en un "parkway" y se aparca en un "driveway"?

Lenguajes pueden ser muy complicados
I would have used idiomas instead of lenguajes.
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I would have used idiomas instead of lenguajes.

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I guess for the same reason you.......

ship - by airplane (not ship)
cargo - by ship and airplane (not car)
freight - by truck (not train)

Shall I continue?

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I guess for the same reason you.......

ship - by airplane (not ship)
cargo - by ship and airplane (not car)
freight - by truck (not train)

Shall I continue?

I'd like to laugh at it, but I'm not able to, I don't understand anything at all

And why do you finish with "shall"?

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I'd like to laugh at it, but I'm not able to, I don't understand anything at all

And why do you finish with "shall"?

Shall I continue? = Debo/debiera continuar?
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Shall I continue? = Debo/debiera continuar?
Sometimes I'm lost...
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I'd like to laugh at it, but I'm not able to, I don't understand anything at all

And why do you finish with "shall"?

Irmamar, nos divertimos porque las palabras en inglés a veces son muy extrañas

Driveway (this is where we "park" our cars, not drive them
Parkway (where we "drive" our cars , not park them)
We "ship" packages by airplane, not by ship

¡La persona la que crea estas palabras es muy loca!
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Aquí son muy típicos los chistes de juegos de palabras. Un ejemplo muy típico son los colmos:

- ¿Cuál es el colmo de un jardinero?
- Que su hija se llame Rosa y que su novio la deje plantada.

- ¿Cuál es el colmo de un carpintero?
- Tener una hija cómoda y un hijo comedor.

- ¿Cuál es el colmo de un electricista?
- Que no le sigan la corriente.

etc.
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Sometimes I'm lost...
Busca los significados individuales de las palabras que se usaron y confrontalas con las frases escritas y tu dirás si le ves el chiste.

Shall I (verb) es una manera de preguntar Debiera yo...?

En los juego de palabras que escribiste sobre los colmos podrías perfectamente haber terminado con "Debiera continuar con estas frases?" preguntando con gracia/humor. (cute)
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