NP - Google translate and The funniest joke in the world
Carlo
mr.spoon21 at gmail.com
Tue May 8 13:07:45 CDT 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funniest_Joke_in_the_World
"The British Army wish to determine "the military potential of the
Killer Joke." They test the joke on a rifleman (Terry Jones), who
snickers and falls dead on the range. They then translate it into
German, with each translator working on only one word of the joke for
their own safety (one translator saw two words of the joke and had to be
hospitalised). The German translation is used for the first time on 8
July 1944 in the Ardennes, causing German soldiers to fall down dead
from laughter:
Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder
die Flipperwaldt gersput!"
https://translate.google.com/#de/en/Wenn%20ist%20das%20Nunst%C3%BCck%20git%20und%20Slotermeyer%3F%20Ja!%20Beiherhund%20das%20Oder%20die%20Flipperwaldt%20gersput!
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