Zさん："I have a riddle for you."
Aさん：「Ok, shoot.」
Zさん："What was the one thing Napoleon could not do, that caused his conquest to fail."
Aさん：「I don't know, what?」
Zさん："ウォータールーを渡る。"
Aさん：「... that's actually pretty clever.」
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: "Another silly double-phrase. ウォータールー(Waterloo) sounds like 渡る(wataru) meaning 'across'. "
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