If any of the Hungarian speakers see this, I’d be curious to know if the title’s wordplay was intentional. Does the pun translate?
As always, stay tuned here on !comicstrips@lemmy.world for a slow trickle out of Jucika comics, but if you want to find more, here’s a good post with a large collection that /u/JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social posted last year: https://piefed.social/post/1258520
**Also, check out some Jucika fan art! https://piefed.social/c/eurographicnovels/p/2128207/the-best-of-jucika-fan-art-12-pieces-with-two-videos
Hungarian native here. It’s not a pun. Easiest translation would be “Jucika at the Ball”. Where ball is referring to the formal function.
That makes more sense! Thanks
This was the first translation that google gave me, so I was wondering if “having a ball” coincidentally also became slang for “having fun” in Hungarian.
Not sure about any pun, but what you see on the last panel next to Jucika is an old weighing machine combined with a height scale (the tall measured part), similar to this vintage one.
So my guess is after dancing with a much shorter, and much taller man, Jucika has set an exact height scale for her next dancing partner. 🤷♂️
OP is referring to Jucika having a ball, as in, a good time, but she could also be seeing as attending a ball.
They’re now asking if a similar construct exists in Hungarian, i. e. if the pun would work there, too and if it could be implied the cartoon was going for that pun with its original title.
Oh, ok, I misunderstood why they were asking for the pun.
Heck, I’m fairly sure my GP’s surgery still has a few analog height / weight machines in their various rooms.
Better luck next time, Austin Powers!
The fall will kill us both, Powers!
Shagadelic, szivi!
i like this…
too short.
too tall.
waiting for mr. righttimeless.
if Jucika doesn’t want to dance with the first two partners, she can share them with me, I’m not that fussy. you ain’t marrying em!
You are asking the Hungarian speakers if the pun translates, but as an English speaker, I’m wondering which pun you are talking about.
She’s dancing at a ball, and “having a ball”
Come on
it’s more fun being the same height or slightly shorter than your mate. it’s why i don’t insist my wife wear flats (i just insist she wear comfortable, high quality shoes because i don’t care how cute or strappy, if it hurts to wear it’s not worth it)
