Thread: Telling time in U. K. English
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Old 07-30-2011, 04:03 PM   #281
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Humour doesn't travel well. This is a short English film made, I think for TV many years ago. I have yet to find an English person who actually finds it funny. However it has become an tradition to watch it on New Year's Eve in Germany and a few surrounding countries, where I am told it's found uproariously funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1v4BYV-YvA

And I love this French film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiioSWljp-0

One of the strains running through it is is the social importance in the pre-revolutionary French court of "l'esprit" = wit. L'esprit is nasty and satirical and aims to hurt its victims. A man who has visited England is asked about English wit and replies that they don't have it; they have something called "humour".
Last edited by DMB; 07-30-2011 at 04:17 PM. Reason: Found a better copy of Ridicule on Youtube
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