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I'm convinced the Irish have the best one of all. Have a shot at it, but have a laugh at the end of it. We don't mean to belittle, but belittling is the only way we can bring you to our own and understand you. And that, in the end, is what we want ~ for everyone to be like us. We want you to belong with us. Am I wrong?
Is that not the essence of humour? Yet humour is the most culturally subjective of attitudes. I've learned my lesson as a teacher of the English language over 20 odd years. Humour does not translate immediately, but it does melt difference when it's given its stand. My own culture, Australian, links most closely with those I would never have imagined in my youth - the Irish (obviously), the Korean (happily - I ended up living there, enjoying their humour and hospitality and marrying one) and the Serbian (astonishingly - hardcore racists but sure they can laugh out loud at just about everything). What's your brand? If not, what do you appreciate most, culturally?
Is that not the essence of humour? Yet humour is the most culturally subjective of attitudes. I've learned my lesson as a teacher of the English language over 20 odd years. Humour does not translate immediately, but it does melt difference when it's given its stand. My own culture, Australian, links most closely with those I would never have imagined in my youth - the Irish (obviously), the Korean (happily - I ended up living there, enjoying their humour and hospitality and marrying one) and the Serbian (astonishingly - hardcore racists but sure they can laugh out loud at just about everything). What's your brand? If not, what do you appreciate most, culturally?