Zさん："ね、ね、I have a riddle for you."
Bさん：「Sounds like fun, what is it?」
Zさん："What do you call it when a rabbit and an eel wear jackets?"
Bさん：「I don't know, what do you call it when a rabbit and an eel wear jackets?」
Zさん："うさぎとうなぎのうわぎ。"
Bさん：「That's so cute, especially considering rabbits and eels have neither the necessity nor the capacity to wear jackets, and furthermore they would look absurd doing so.」
Zさん："... I was going for the random wordplay, but sure ..."
Punny Japanese: There's Some Ginger! edo@punnyjapanese.com
This blog is one gaijin's attempt to learn Japanese through mnemonics, puns, and general linguistic absurdity.
Z-san explains: "うさぎとうなぎのうわぎ (usagi to unagi no uwagi) is a silly tongue twister that literally means 'the jackets that belong to the rabbit and the eel'."
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