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As joking about German words works incredibly well in English, here's the original:

There you go. Now you can be sure that the joke's just as funny as originally intended.

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[–] MelastSB@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there an alphabetical list of ambiguous terms somewhere or did you spend way too long on this (and I respect you for it)?

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're called homnyms. A quick internet search probably does yield a list.

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Just a quick ChatGPT query, sorry.