5/17/2023 0 Comments Repix ussian memes![]() ![]() As the legend goes, actor John Lurie made a silly painting featuring a bear surprising a couple, er, “frolicking” in the woods. “Preved Medved,” which is a deliberately misspelled way of saying “hello bear” in Russian (think: doge and LOLcats), actually started in the U.S., according to Cracked. This meme became a popular way to poke fun at the statements of Germany’s various Central Councils, which often go on record in the news for being “outraged.” This caption roughly translates to “The Central Council of the Tile Table is indignant.” Naturally, the internet is the internet, and people were quick to photoshop #LadyReportera into a variety of new situations: like the friendly jog that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto shared. Muerooooo jaja #LadyReportera /uh0hGcW74Z Lady Reportera (Lady Reporter) took off in Mexico last year when a reporter from TV Azteca was seen being carried by two locals during her coverage of the floods in Puebla to avoid wetting her shoes. Here are a few foreign language memes, presented for your entertainment - and a little bit of explanation to go with them, so you can feel smart when you tweet about them. There’s a big difference between textbook French and colloquial French, and as far as easily accessible, of-the-moment windows into foreign culture go, memes are basically modernized flashcards. ![]() ![]() Some things are very readily associated with language learning: textbooks, conjugation tables and embarrassment are a few things that automatically come to mind.īut if you’re really committed to learning a new language, it’s worthwhile to understand the sense of humor that surrounds the language. ![]()
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