American or British humor

British humor, we can hardly see exaggerated performances. They always put some ordinary things in reality in the most unreasonable places, in the most normal words, in the most weird places.

What is British humor? I think if you ask a hundred British people, you may have a hundred answers.

For the British themselves, the so-called humor, like Zen in Buddhism, is something that can only be understood but cannot be expressed.

The definition of the Oxford dictionary is just a short sentence "interesting or IC in nature." American tradition? English dictionary has two definitions, 1.

"Something designed to cause laughter or entertainment." 2。

"The ability to perceive, enjoy or express interesting, absurd, incongruous or nonexistent things." Just looking at the definition, everyone must be as confused as I was then.

So when my English classmates told me jokes, I basically didn't react immediately.

I asked the British if I didn't know enough, and the answer made me even more confused.

Later, I watched the BBC's Question Time (a program that showed British parliamentarians asking questions to the Prime Minister), and I didn't understand what British humor was until I watched it more.

In order not to let everyone go abroad, just like I did in the past, "the moderator was poor in Britain, talking about staying up all night, and suddenly he heard the silence of others and fell to the ground on crutches." I will share my experience with you.

When it comes to humor, there are British humor and American humor, which are quite different.

Words and metaphors are quite different in tone.

Simply put, American humor is more "life-oriented, with more direct words", while British humor is more in-depth and integrated into local culture. In other words, even if you understand what they say, it's hard to understand the real meaning.

This may not be clear. I suggest you go to Britain to watch talk shows by comedians such as Question Time, Forget Buzzcock, Blackadder, harry hill and John when you are free, so that you can probably understand what British humor is.

A British friend of BBC (British born) said that British humor lies in "satire".

So when you can still "refute", it means that your English is good enough.

But if you don't know English literature or history, you still can't remember that America is a country full of humor.

Open any major newspaper in the United States, and at least two full-page columns are comics and humor columns.

There are many kinds of American humor:

First: cold humor.

"The day after tomorrow is actually tomorrow?"

"Why?"

"Because today is yesterday." Annoying Harry

A policeman used to be a businessman. Someone asked him what is the difference between doing business and being a policeman.

He replied: "the biggest difference is that in business, the customer is always right;" When you are a policeman, customers are always wrong. "

Second: advanced text humor.

"You are Mr. Kaplan, aren't you?"

"I can't say I am, because I am not." North by northwest

The advertisement of a beauty salon specializing in breast augmentation and buttocks augmentation is: "As long as you come in, it's no big deal."

Third: wisdom and humor.

"This thing is rare in France? My family eats more than enough.

Please come and visit us when you are free. "

"Thank you."

"I tried every way to deal with them, but I forgot to use French." -People who Know Too Much 1956

A doctor in a private clinic plans to go abroad for a holiday, so he lets his son who just graduated from medical school stay for one month.

A month later, the doctor came back from a holiday abroad and asked him how his son was.

The son proudly said, "I have completely cured any patient with heart disease who has not been cured for 10 years."

Unexpectedly, my father shouted at me: "* * *! You think you are smart and capable? You don't want to think about how the tuition fees of medical schools have come in these years! "

Fourth: Well-meaning satire.

Man: "I just met her a few minutes ago."

Woman: "But I think you two seem to be old friends.

What a friendly country France is. "Catch a thief"

There is a motto written on the wall of a bar: "A man usually comes to drink for two reasons: either because he doesn't have a wife at home or because he already has a wife at home."

Fifth: scale jokes (paragraphs that can be used as small jokes)

Old man: "I broke the law and dare not see the police."

Daughter: "Dad, you just smuggled a case of whisky, not a smuggler."

(My daughter's boyfriend Smith is here.)

Old man: "Smith, what are you doing in the police station?"

Detective: "Investigate the murder."

Old man: "Regardless of smuggling cases?"

Detective: "I'm not good at smuggling cases. I can catch at most one whisky smuggler. " -"stage fright"

Sixth: Black humor.

The flight to Las Vegas is about to arrive at its destination, and the captain's voice came from the radio: "Las Vegas is here, please fasten your seat belt." Then he lost no time in adding, "fasten your wallet, too." It makes people laugh.