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Pun of the word “fall”

English Language & Usage Asked by Kanayuki Tachibana on March 20, 2021

Is this sentence sound native to English speakers?

Fall falls on falls.

Which I intended to say "Autumn comes to the waterfalls."

If this does not sound native, how would you use the word "fall" to make jokes like this?

Thank you in advance!

One Answer

I say yes.

My reading of it is that it's a bit poetic, and what I'm imaging is a waterfall with deciduous trees hanging over it, and in autumn the leaves fall off into it.

However, from what you've said:

Autumn comes to the waterfalls.

This doesn't really make sense in itself, except in the poetic kind of phrasing I mentioned above.

Like - summer, spring and winter also 'come to waterfalls'. It's a fairly meaningless statement by itself, unless that season has some effect on the waterfalls.

For example:

Summer comes to waterfalls and with it, boys jumping off them.

Winter comes to waterfalls and they freeze over.

Answered by dwjohnston on March 20, 2021

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