# Jokes that depend on an accent **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696 "2007-11-16T15:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696/61 "2007-11-21T17:14:43Z")
American soldier to Aussie soldier: “Did you come here to die?” Response: “No mate, I came here yesterday” ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696/62 "2007-11-21T17:28:20Z")
Sven is driving along and he goes past his friend Ole’s farm, which has a sign out front reading “Boat For Sale”. “Now that’s a funny thing, Ole doesn’t have a boat”, so Sven goes and knocks on the door. Out comes Ole. “Ole, you don’t sail do you?” says Sven. “Nope” says Ole. “Well what’s the sign about then?” says Sven. “You see my tractor?” asks Ole. “Oh sure” “And you see my combine?” asks Ole. “You betcha.” “Well they’re boat for sale” says Ole. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696/63 "2007-11-21T17:55:31Z")
Two terrible Scottish ones: How do you eradicate trumpet weed from your garden. Root-it-oot. How do you recognise a cow on a holiday? It has a wee calf. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2007, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696/64 "2007-11-22T09:59:08Z")
On Halloween a lady opens up her door to find a kid dressed in a sheet with eye holes cut in it, a girl with a tiara and ball gown, and a boy with an eye patch, an eyeliner beard, and a wooden sword. “Twick ow tweet,” says the boy, waving his sword. “Oh, what do we have here, a princess, a ghost, and a buccaneer?” “I’m not a buckin’ eaw, I’m a piwate. Open up youw buckin’ eyes wady!” ---
**Author:** ![KC\_Bravelens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@KC\_Bravelens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KC_Bravelens)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696/65 "2007-11-25T13:35:32Z")
irish accent, nortside Dublin: A Dubliner walks into a chemist, goes up to the counter and asks for a deodorant. Says the sales girl “aerosol?” says the guy “no, me armpits” ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696/66 "2007-11-25T14:01:13Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] [Supplies!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrYrhjcBSl4) [/QUOTE] Heh, I love the original joke, but the UHF clip was a little off. I also love the “viper” joke that [Zsofia told](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9183105&postcount=14). ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696/67 "2012-04-16T11:43:57Z")
I thought of this rather non-pc example last night. What did Hitler do every morning? He kicked the dew off the grass. I imagine this one doesn’t work in North America. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jokes-that-depend-on-an-accent/426696.md?page=3)