@Arsenal4ever@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoYesterday my son asked me to name a country without an Rmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1258arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1245arrow-down1message-squareYesterday my son asked me to name a country without an R@Arsenal4ever@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish44•2 years ago“No way” is Norway without an R
minus-square@CmdrShepard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 years agoNorway - r = ? +r = +r No way = ? + r Now I’m stuck.
minus-squareTurunlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIf you add r to both sides you are left with “Norway” on the left, not “no way”, since you previously had a “-r” there.
minus-square@Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoThe joke doesn’t work in Australian English.
I don’t get it
“No way” is Norway without an R
No way!
Norway - r = ?
Norway - r = ?
+r = +r
No way = ? + r
Now I’m stuck.
If you add r to both sides you are left with “Norway” on the left, not “no way”, since you previously had a “-r” there.
The joke doesn’t work in Australian English.
Awr nawr!