English can also be a bit hard to grasp.....

Question

I saw this joke in the Readers Digest and I actually had to 're-read' it to get it, then it made me laugh so I thought people on SpanishDict might enjoy it....

A little boy went to the library to check out a book entitled Comprehensive Guide for Mothers. "Is this for your mother?" the librarian asked. "No" said the boy. "So why are you checking it out?" - "Because I started collecting moths last week!".

Great post Margaretb! - 002262dd, Nov 2, 2010

Answer 1

Great!!! Very funny, margaret!!!!

I guess you haveto re-read it to fully digest the joke.

Good Seb! haha, sometimes I'm a wee bit slow though.... - margaretbl, Nov 2, 2010

Answer 2

I had to re-read it too.

whew, someone else, good, but I am first language English too - margaretbl, Nov 2, 2010

Answer 3

Ha ha, ha. Oh, bless! But jokes in a foreign language are always hard to get.

Oh dear, I don't want to admit this now but English is my F I R S T language..... yikes! - margaretbl, Nov 2, 2010

Yeah, but you can be expected to get EVERY jokes you hear... - Pibosan, Nov 10, 2010

Answer 4

Well, I hate to be a spoil sport .... and not too much of one, actually (the joke is very cute), but I did get it right away.

Perhaps because I was forewarned....

J.

Good for you Janice, I guess my brain cells are dated.... - margaretbl, Nov 2, 2010

Again, I was "forewarned"....You had already hinted that one would have to think a bit differently from the "git-go" - Janice, Nov 3, 2010

Answer 5

It's quite perceptive, actually. Both for what it says about how we learn language and attempt to extend that knowledge by analogy and, of course, what it implies about the vagaries of English spelling/pronunciation.

It's also nice to occasionally come across a joke that is both funny and can be safely repeated in mixed company.

Yes, that's true too. - margaretbl, Nov 2, 2010

Answer 6

I had to re-read it too, but on the second pass I got it immediately. English spelling will never cease to shock me. Two sounds so different written the same way!

It is shocking isn't it, but languages are definitely interesting. - margaretbl, Nov 2, 2010

Answer 7

Haha, funny and cute :D

Answer 8

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