Great puns are hard to make. Great puns in another language are even harder. For example, my last name is Nguyen. I was on my firm’s softball team, and someone asked me what name I wanted to put on my jersey. I settled on “Nguyenner” but no one appreciated it until I explained that my last name is pronounced “Win.” Lightbulbs flashed. “Oh!” they said. Hmph, I said. I’ve been working here for how long?
Here’s Foreign Language Pun Exhibit 2, snapped through my dirty windshield somewhere on Olympic:
This makes no sense until you realize that “Ahn” is generally a Korean last name pronounced “On.” “Ahn Top.” Ha! Ahn-nestly, I wouldn’t put this Ahn my car even if my last name were Ahn, but it is entertaining once the lightbulb is turned Ahn. See, learning foreign languages can be fun!
“Ahn Top”…eh, pretty good.
“Nguyenner”…awesome!
Sweet! Now I know Korean!
Very clever and I just learned some Korean in the deal. Awesome post.