This Amazing Cat Pun Works In So Many Languages

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Summary:

MULTI-LINGUAL PUNNING.

Last year, Tumblr user @crumpledpornoandaynrand posted a bi-lingual pun she discovered to her page.

Quickly other Tumblr users found more languages the pun worked in, and added these to the post.

In case you're confused: In English the joke is "purr" (the sound cats make) and purgatory — (an intermediate state prior to ascending to heaven.)

In case you're confused: In English the joke is "purr" (the sound cats make) and purgatory — (an intermediate state prior to ascending to heaven.)

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In Spanish (which should be a dónde van los gatos cuando mueren?), the pun is purGATOrio, as the Spanish word for cat is gato.

In Spanish (which should be a dónde van los gatos cuando mueren?), the pun is purGATOrio, as the Spanish word for cat is gato.

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/krishrach/you-say-gato-i-say-cat?utm_term=4ldqpia

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Authors:

Rachael Krishna

Date tagged:

02/02/2016, 06:51

Date published:

02/02/2016, 06:24