If any of the Hungarian speakers see this, I'd be curious to know if the title's wordplay was intentional. Does the pun translate?
As always, stay tuned here on !comicstrips@lemmy.world for a slow trickle out of Jucika comics, but if you want to find more, here’s a good post with a large collection that /u/JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social posted last year: https://piefed.social/post/1258520
**Also, check out some Jucika fan art! https://piefed.social/c/eurographicnovels/p/2128207/the-best-of-jucika-fan-art-12-pieces-with-two-videos
15 Comments
46_and_2@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 28d
Not sure about any pun, but what you see on the last panel next to Jucika is an old weighing machine combined with a height scale (the tall measured part), similar to this vintage one.
So my guess is after dancing with a much shorter, and much taller man, Jucika has set an exact height scale for her next dancing partner. 🤷♂️
scrion@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 28d
OP is referring to Jucika having a ball, as in, a good time, but she could also be seeing as attending a ball.
They're now asking if a similar construct exists in Hungarian, i. e. if the pun would work there, too and if it could be implied the cartoon was going for that pun with its original title.
46_and_2@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 28d
Oh, ok, I misunderstood why they were asking for the pun.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 5 pts · 28d
Heck, I'm fairly sure my GP's surgery still has a few analog height / weight machines in their various rooms.
PoastRotato@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 28d
Better luck next time, Austin Powers!
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 28d
Shagadelic, szivi!
erictile@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d
The fall will kill us both, Powers!
dubyakay@lemmy.ca · 29 pts · 28d
Hungarian native here. It's not a pun. Easiest translation would be "Jucika at the Ball". Where ball is referring to the formal function.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 27d
That makes more sense! Thanks
This was the first translation that google gave me, so I was wondering if "having a ball" coincidentally also became slang for "having fun" in Hungarian.
adarza@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 28d
i like this..
too short.
too tall.
waiting for mr. right
timeless.
tyranny@crazypeople.online · 0 pts · 27d
if Jucika doesn't want to dance with the first two partners, she can share them with me, I'm not that fussy. you ain't marrying em!
topherclay@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 28d
You are asking the Hungarian speakers if the pun translates, but as an English speaker, I'm wondering which pun you are talking about.
PoastRotato@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 28d
She's dancing at a ball, and "having a ball"
ripcord@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 28d
Come on
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 28d
it's more fun being the same height or slightly shorter than your mate. it's why i don't insist my wife wear flats (i just insist she wear comfortable, high quality shoes because i don't care how cute or strappy, if it hurts to wear it's not worth it)