not all bdichot keresh are puns. morfix translates it as a "non-funny joke" which is a good explanation but not a translation. margie, please tell us what you decided in the end. maybe flat joke? On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 10:49 AM, ETNI list <etni.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: PUN > From: Shelly Krakow <shellykrakow@xxxxxxxxx> > > HI Margie, > It is called a PUN. > > > Margie wrote: > > How would you translate the expression: '×?×?×?×?ת קרש?' > > (bedikhat keresh). I know what it is but not how to translate > > it and get the meaning too. Complication: it is not a direct translation > of > > the words...... > > I need to bring the answer to my class on Sunday December 11 at 8 a.m.! > > -- sara g in israel sarag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx saragabai@xxxxxxxxx Visit us at The E Zone http://clickit3.ort.org.il/ganyavneenglish