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When you forgot “蛋” also meant something else… (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works
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…you got Papa Smurf yelling “我的蛋爆炸了！” (MY EGG/TESTICLES EXPLODED!)

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[–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

Would work in German as well. Ei is colloquial used for testicle. And for a lot of other languages too, I believe.

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Probably why you never really use 蛋 alone. It's always 鸡蛋 or 蛋蛋 in my experience (one of the few funny expressions my kids learnt when we lived over there :,D )

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    What does it mean without the 蛋 ?

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    • [–] [S] 1 point 11 months ago

    also: this is from the end of The Easter Smurf

    it seems the translator misunderstood the last line as "mine exploded!"

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