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1. Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2024 20:50:51 JST Richard Stallman

   New Spanish pun: La ninfa de roble

   • Richard Stallman (rms@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 11:57:14 JST Richard Stallman

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     • Omar Antolín

     @oantolin "Bellota" means "acorn", which fits with a ninfa de roble. But it could also be interpreted as "bella" plus the suffix -ota. It would mean "beautiful in a gross way." It makes sense that a tree nymph might have those characteristics.

   • Omar Antolín (oantolin@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-May-2024 11:57:15 JST Omar Antolín

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     @rms Could you please explain the pun? I'm a native Spanish speaker and don't get it. I'm Mexican and Spanish varies from country to country, so I asked on a Spanish-language Emacs group with people from many different Spanish-speaking countries but people didn't get it there either.

     EDIT: Nevermind, I found your web page on Spanish puns (https://stallman.org/spanish-puns.html) that has the complete pun: "Conocí a una ninfa de roble. No era ni hermosa ni elegante, sino bellota." Clever!