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Author: crazysamaritan

Dec 18th 2011 at 11:25:04 AM

Your first example is to make an English pun in French, which only works because you're switching "sang froid" from cold blood to blood cold.  The lawnmower example is unclear.

Discworld uses pseudolatin, which means it translates to just about anything PTerry wants it to.  In the non-spoilered section, only an English pun is explained.  Thus, not an example unless you read the spoiled section.

Then we get to Fabricate Diem pvnc.  First of all, in "Latin", there's a RunningGag that people couldn't spell in the good days.  Second of all, the only word that doesn't look like another English word is diem, which is still well known from phrases like carpe diem.  Thirdly, there's no second meaning.  It's only a pun if there is a second meaning, or more.

Lastly, is there another meaning to Bossa seneca?  Because otherwise, it's just a reference, not a pun.  Terry Pratchett loves obscure references more than puns.  There are relatively few puns in his stories.

Your description is when a line that means something in one language, but intentionally means something different in another language.
 
For example, you're number... (counts in binary on fingers) 4 today.  In binary, the middle finger means 4 (well, 0100).  In American culture, it means fuck you.

No insult intended, I just couldn't come up with anything else.