Re: An Unexpected Pun

On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 23:16:02 +0900, Paul D wrote:

Today I was at a gas station with some friends, waiting while the
attendants did a quick oil change. I grabbed a copy of the
fashion-culture mag "25ans" for one friend so she could flip through it
while we waited. As I did, I read the title out loud: "vignt-cinq ans",
I said, mentioning that it was French.

えっ？「ばんさんかん」は日本語だよ said my other friend. That's when I realized there
was a pun involved. I guess 晩餐 refers to a formal dinner or banquet. Is
the かん part 館? Cute wordplay, but I'm not sure what the connection to
young women's fashion is. Maybe it wasn't intentional.

Not to nitpick - especially since I, myself, did not catch it when I first
responded to your post - but twenty in French is vingt so I would assume
the title to be "Vingt-Cinq Ans" ("Twenty-Five Years"). I suppose this is
a magazine catering to women in their middle twenties.

Phil Yff
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