The French have invented a can with a suffix. It's known as Cannes. Not a plural, or mis-spelt. It's just 'can' with a suffix. So if you go there and win a Lion, you can. If you don't, you can't. Simple.
'Can' also has a pejorative meaning, like the cooler (jail). If you end up doing illegal things, you can end up in the cooler, sometimes also called the can. So whether you 'can' in this case depends on your ability to go outside the bounds of legality. Can is also a 'slanging' term for the toilet.
I believe there is also a dance form known as the can-can- apparently, French in origin. This dance form was apparently looked down upon by respectable society, when it first appeared, for taking liberties with decency (as defined then-it varies with time, and is almost extinct now).
A cantilever is a paradox. Not sure if it can or can't- give you leverage.
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I really liked the pun with such a simple word
PJ - Why Canadians can't speak Kannada is a canundrum?
Canada is prounounced Kanaada by the Panjabis, if that's any consolation.
When some people speak you almost wish you had noise can-cellation
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