English humour

The English value sense of humor in men above anything else. The typical English humor is ironical, often directed against oneself, in a mild self-critical way. Very often it rests on verbal battles. It is quite common to find good friends playing jokes at each other or “pulling somebody’s leg”, as they call it. The English can understand and appreciate a good joke. But not all jokes can be translated into Russian. As for puns, or play on words, when translating from English, they lose their humorous base. Some of such jokes demand good knowledge of the language. Here you can find puns, short funny stories, amusing stories about famous people and information about interesting language phenomena known as spoonerism and malapropism.

humour1 -1) the ability or tendency to think that things are funny, or funny things you say that show you have this abilityCOLLOCATIONS

sense of humour somebody's brand of humour black humour (=jokes, funny stories etc about the unpleasant parts of life)

schoolboy humour (=jokes, funny stories etc that are silly and rude but not offensive)

dry/deadpan humour (=when someone pretends to be serious when they are really joking)

wry humour (=when someone jokes about something bad or difficult)

a flash/trace/touch of humour (=a small amount of humour)

his humour and charm

Greg's feeble attempt at humour

English humour

It's vital to have a sense of humour in this job.

The host puts the contestants at ease with his own brand of humour.

He showed flashes of humor that delighted the audience.

2) the quality in something that makes it funny and makes people laugh:

He failed to see the humour of the situation.

in a good/an ill/a bad humour

formal in a good or bad mood ➔ good humour

out of humour

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