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Quote by Miodrag Petrović Čkalja
Био сам танак као чакља, провидан, па је од чакља постало Чкаља.
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The speaker describes being extremely thin—“like a skewer”—and almost transparent. The line then turns that description into a wordplay: the name “Čkalja” is presented as growing out of “čaklja,” the word for skewer. Its humor comes from linking a physical trait with the sound and shape of a name.
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