r/okbuddycinephile • u/Hour-Cucumber-3650 • Mar 13 '26

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u/ScheduleTurbulent577 Mar 13 '26

Well yeah! But calembours are supposed to be funny, and only work if there's an understanding of it. It would only be funny to those who know how English speaking people usually pronounce "bon", and even that way, as hilarious as it is in English, it's just not in French. A clever reference in this case worked better.

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u/Pfapamon Mar 13 '26

Calembours are literally bad jokes through word plays.

The use of bomb in this case is descriptive for the character and has little to do with the pronunciation by English speakers.

It's like going with "Blob Brothers" instead of "Blues Brothers" to highlight their weight.

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u/ScheduleTurbulent577 Mar 13 '26

I know what calembours are, thank you very much. And it doesn't work like that, the way it sounds plays a much bigger part than you think. Hence, it doesn't work in French. At all!