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I asked my german friend if he knew the square root of 81 (ttrpg.network)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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He said no.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

haha

[–] odium 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it would work better in German. Something like:

Ich habe mein Amerikaner Freund gefragt, wenn er wisst was die square root of 81 ist. Er sagt nein.

Pardon my horrible German and switch to English in the middle. I don't actually speak German and don't want to bother with opening a translator website. Hope it gets the point across.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't speak German either, but I like it in English either way. It's a reversal of how the misunderstanding usually happens in comedy while still being an understandable mistake, and an extra step on the part of the person who made the mistake that adds absurdity.