33.Humor

Humor is something that has always facinated me. How one thing can make one person wet themselves and another stay stonefaced and disapointed.
Also, I've allways been intrested what British Humor is.
So i asked Google;
Jeez, you know there is something wrong with the world when you begin to type britan and it comes up with 3 different things to do with britney spears.
Anyway to the point, Wiki tells me;

British humour is a somewhat general term applied to certain comedic motifs that are often prevalent in comedic acts originating in the United Kingdom and its current or former colonies. Comedy acts and television programmes typical of British humour include Monty Python, Benny Hill, and Keeping Up Appearances to name a few that have become quite popular outside of the United Kingdom. At times, however, such humour can seem puzzling to non-British speakers of English (references to English slang terms or people, who are unknown internationally for example) while certain Commonwealth nations (such as Australia, Canada and South Africa) tend to find it more familiar. Many UK comedy TV shows typical of British humour have been internationally popular, and have been a strong avenue for the export and representation of British culture to an international audience.

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I asked a few Flikerites and i got


British Humor - farce about everything, eg: yes, minister; Monty P; blackadder, fawlty towers, Shawn of the Dead

We British tend to be very sarcastic, I dont think other nationalities appreciate it. Especially Americans, they just cant get their heads round that.I think quite a dry humour too. We like to laugh at other people's failure/pain etc (well, I do, not all the time.)

as an american i think the british are smarter about their humor and jokes:D


British people talk funny. So everything they say is funny. Lol (:

When i think of british humor i think of The Office. After watching all the english and american episodes of the show i'd say british humor is more 'dry' and sarcastic

I can't exactly pin-point it, but i can say that i think poms are hilarious creatures

Id say there is generally quite an obvious north/south divide in british humour.North of England i think the comedy is more about physical humour and more joke based, like peter kay's comedy.South id say deffinatly more sarcasm but also quite mean, interlectual stuff too, lots of satire. Id say northern comedy is more based at the working class and southern is more middle class if you think of the more famous comedians like jimmy carr. Its strange because i would say more scottish comedians are also quite sarcastic so in that was theyre similar to the south of england.Also it depends on what type of comedy you are thinking about like sketch or sit com or quiz show or standup etc.Id say all in all definatly lots of sarcasm and a bit of self louthing, i dont think we like to be good at things, i think its because then we cant complain and slag people off, just look at the olympics we did really well and that was almost annoyingAlso i dont think we speak funny seening as we invented the English language surely we speak it correctly and everyone else is talking funny. i dont like being told i speak funny, also thats a very broad generalisation, half the time i dont think americans realise the broadness in dialect, from what it represented through the media they think we are all 19th centuary cockneys or really mega posh





I agree British Humor is quite dry, we laught at other peoples misfortune but i think we are quite good at taking the micky out of ourselves a bit more. Also a bit more thick skinned as we are hard to offend when being joked about with (generall)



I have not heard anyother counties humor described like this before, i.e i havent heard of french humor.I might be wrong though. I think american humor is quite distinctive though.

American humor refers collectively to the conventions and common threads that tie together humor in the United States. It is often defined in comparison to the humor of another country - for example, how it is different from British humour or Canadian humour. It is difficult to say what makes a particular type or subject of humor particularly American.
Humor usually concerns aspects of American culture, and depends on the historical and current development of the country's culture. The extent to which an individual will personally find something humorous obviously depends on a host of absolute and relative variables, including, but not limited to geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education, and context. People of different countries will therefore find different situations funny. Just as American culture has many aspects which differ from other nations [1], these cultural differences may be a barrier to how humor translates to other countries.

I think its simpler to be honest, but i know jack all about american stuff as ive never been there..i want ot though.

More next time on the Jasmine Tredget show.