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pun works in Finnish? (joke punch line spoiler)

posted 11 years ago by rayincumbria
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An appeal to a Finnish speaker..

Near the beginning, in the English sub title...

Hamlet walks into a kitchen, and seeing a ham being sliced, exclaims 'Ham.. let me!'.. and cuts himself a thick slice..

So a bit childish, but it made me laugh.. but then I wondered..

Puns must rarely work in other languages.. What was this line originally?

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[–] kimmopu 10 years ago

Exactly the same words in Finnish and no pun included. So Kaurismäki made a joke that only works when translated into English. I'm certain that it's intentional.

[–] rayincumbria 10 years ago

Many thanks for the reply..
Yes, I;m sure it was intentional - I can see that happening....

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