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human600 - Jan 18th 2010, 08:07
Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
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Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

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光陰飛逝如箭; 果蠅喜歡香蕉。
guāngyīn fēi shì rú jiàn ; guǒyíng xǐhuān xiāngjiāo .

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  1. human600
    Jan 18th 2010, 08:12
    This is an old joke that tries to illustrate why it is so difficult to create artificial intelligence that can understand natural human language. The key thing is that "flies" and "like" have two entirely different meanings.

    In the first clause, "flies" comes from the verb "to fly" and is the present tense, and "like" means "the same as".

    In the second clause, "flies" comes from the noun "fly" meaning an insect, and "like" comes from the verb "to like", similar to "to love" but weaker.

    I'm sure that it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to convey this pun in any other language.
  2. jakov
    Nov 25th 2010, 17:12
    This should be tagged "ambiguous meanings" or similar, and "pun" or similar.

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