concept
Kabak/shinok pun
kabak/shinok pun
also: кабак, шинок, kabak, shinok
A dialect joke Varenka makes at Belikov's expense: in standard Russian a "kabak" is a tavern, but among the khokhols pumpkins are called kabaks and taverns are called shinks, so her praise of her mother's kabaks momentarily sounds like praise of taverns.
Reading notes
- The Man in a Case §22 kabaks
A dialect joke at Belikov's expense: in standard Russian a "kabak" is a tavern, but among the khokhols pumpkins are called kabaks and taverns are called shinks, so Varenka's praise of her mother's kabaks momentarily sounds like praise of taverns.