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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: British humour #8832 10/25/2000 7:40 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 It is a very British form of humour and one that doesn't always cross the Atlantic too well. Does anybody know why that is? The Britsh love of irony, and "tongue-in-cheek" humour, thrives in most other former colonies, why not among the tea-haters? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted About regimens... shanks 10/23/2000 1:10 PM Re: About regimens... xara 10/23/2000 1:37 PM Re: About regimens... jmh 10/23/2000 1:40 PM Re: About regimens... AnnaStrophic 10/23/2000 9:39 PM Re: About regimens... of troy 10/24/2000 6:18 PM Re: About regimens... RhubarbCommando 10/25/2000 8:39 AM Re: About regimens... FishonaBike 10/25/2000 12:06 PM Re: About regimens... of troy 10/25/2000 1:41 PM Re: About regimens... RhubarbCommando 10/25/2000 1:55 PM Re: About regimens... of troy 10/25/2000 2:28 PM Re: About regimens... jmh 10/25/2000 3:17 PM Re: About regimens... RhubarbCommando 10/25/2000 3:25 PM Re: About regimens... of troy 10/25/2000 5:09 PM Re: British humour jmh 10/25/2000 6:35 PM Re: British humour Max Quordlepleen 10/25/2000 7:40 PM Re: British humour jmh 10/25/2000 8:24 PM [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of shanks 10/25/2000 10:03 PM Re: [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of Max Quordlepleen 10/25/2000 10:42 PM Re: humour jmh 10/26/2000 2:18 PM Re: humour Bingley 10/26/2000 2:57 PM Re: humour tsuwm 10/26/2000 3:06 PM Re: humour jmh 10/26/2000 4:33 PM Re: humour Max Quordlepleen 10/26/2000 6:16 PM Re: humour FishonaBike 10/26/2000 11:52 PM Re: humour Max Quordlepleen 10/27/2000 12:03 AM Re: humour AnnaStrophic 10/27/2000 12:24 AM Re: humour Max Quordlepleen 10/27/2000 12:54 AM Re: humour belMarduk 10/27/2000 1:25 AM Re: humour Max Quordlepleen 10/27/2000 2:18 AM Re: humour FishonaBike 10/27/2000 12:38 PM Re: humour belMarduk 10/28/2000 3:10 AM Re: John Cleese tsuwm 10/27/2000 2:23 PM Re: 3 stooges tsuwm 10/26/2000 3:10 PM Re: humour Jackie 10/26/2000 4:08 PM Re: humour jmh 10/26/2000 4:35 PM Re: humour shanks 10/27/2000 8:10 AM Re: humour paulb 10/27/2000 9:11 AM Re: humour shanks 10/27/2000 9:41 AM Re: humour paulb 10/28/2000 10:49 AM Re: humour Jackie 10/28/2000 12:32 PM Re: humour paulb 10/29/2000 9:43 AM Re: humour Jackie 10/29/2000 1:07 PM Re: humour paulb 10/30/2000 10:28 AM Re: humour Jackie 10/30/2000 1:26 PM Re: humour RhubarbCommando 10/31/2000 1:42 PM Re: humour shanks 10/30/2000 9:29 AM Re: [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of Jackie 10/26/2000 12:48 AM Re: Au contraire mon frère belMarduk 10/26/2000 2:26 AM Re: Au contraire mon frère FishonaBike 10/26/2000 1:07 PM Re: [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of Max Quordlepleen 10/26/2000 2:33 AM Re: [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of Jackie 10/26/2000 2:51 AM Re: [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of maverick 10/26/2000 11:42 AM Re: [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of FishonaBike 10/26/2000 12:47 PM Re: [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of wsieber 10/27/2000 6:30 AM Re: [i]Au contraire[/i] kind of jmh 10/27/2000 7:01 AM Alimentary my dear.. FishonaBike 10/27/2000 12:03 PM Bush's linguistic facility shanks 10/26/2000 1:27 PM Re: Bush's linguistic facility paulb 10/27/2000 9:14 AM Re: Bush's linguistic facility Jackie 10/27/2000 12:17 PM Re: Bush's linguistic facility TEd Remington 10/27/2000 2:22 PM Re: Bush's linguistic facility FishonaBike 10/27/2000 7:52 PM Re: empty calories wsieber 10/24/2000 5:38 AM Re: empty calories Jackie 10/24/2000 10:45 AM Re: empty calories jmh 10/25/2000 8:45 AM Re: empty calories RhubarbCommando 10/25/2000 8:53 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,312 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,158 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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