Understanding English humour can sometimes give us a hard time. In this video we'll deal with a ... walks into a bar joke. Share your favourite pun-based jokes down below 👇👇👇
Vocabulary:
ridiculous puns
to provoke humour
a play on words
a punchline
Did I understand correctly that because the expression "long face" has another meaning, that is, a "sad face", people laugh? After all, the horse actually has a long face ... Probably, I will always be more familiar with Russian humor, haha
ОтветитьУдалитьEnglish bartenders usually joke using ridiculous puns. They just provoke humour which lies in a play on words. A punchline of this video's joke is a pan " Long face ". This is mean " a sad face " but the thing is the horse really has a long face! LOL. Oh English humor may surprise you...!
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ОтветитьУдалитьAn amazing case, if this joke was translated into Russian, it would not make any sense. A pun is something that should be taken seriously, because in the process of translation, the whole meaning can be lost. The comparison of the phrases "long face" and "sad face" is understandable only to the English, but for other people it would be considered a mistake.
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ОтветитьУдалитьThere are legends about English humor in the world.
Indeed, humor is one of the main features of the national English character. Most often it is called subtle, because most jokes are based on the ambiguity of a phrase or a verbal pun. To those who speak English well, these semantic nuances reach quickly. Here is another incentive to take the language seriously
English humor is really not a little strange for us. By the expression “long face” they mean “sad face”. Well, what, because the horse has a really long face. English humor surprises me!
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