c/translators · by k0e3@lemmy.ca · 196d

[fr > en] I don't get the punchline

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Hi guys. Another request about understanding a French joke. Why is "checkered jacket," a funny punchline?

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MarieMarion@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 196d (4 replies)

I'll try to explain if you give me a transcript. Videos are a hard limit for me :)

k0e3@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 196d (3 replies)

Thanks!

A man is walking up to the cameraman and the cameraman says this:

«Eh mais, c'est pas ta veste ça ?» To which the man responds, « Ah si si. » And the punch line is « C'est pas la veste à carreaux ? »

Is the joke as dumb as I think it is? Like "it's not yours, it's the squares'".

MarieMarion@literature.cafe · 3 pts · 196d (2 replies)

Dear Lord. It's bad. You know how colloquial French says "le sac à Mélanie" instead of "le sac de Mélanie"?* Well, that's it. La veste à carreaux could be La veste à Caro[line], lowbrow French for La veste de Caro[line]

It can't be your jacket, since it's Carreaux/Caro's jacket.

It's one of the most glaring class markers in French. Saying "le sac à Mélanie" marks you as uneducated.

k0e3@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 196d (1 reply)

Aw damn. I was hoping it was something more clever than that lol. Merci!

MarieMarion@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 196d

So was I :D