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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 #173455 - 02/11/08 07:52 PM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: GallantTed]   Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Definitionately. Personally for the time being I have a "just getting by" sense of humor. Cheers GT. #173462 - 02/12/08 02:53 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: CarlAdler]   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I can give you an example of my cousin's use of dry humor; he's somewhat of a neighbor of yours, meaning I haven't seen the house. When I asked him what the house he'd built looked like, he said, "Oh-h-h, four walls and a roof." #173464 - 02/12/08 03:06 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: Jackie]   Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Originally Posted By: Jackie I can give you an example of my cousin's use of dry humor; he's somewhat of a neighbor of yours, meaning I haven't seen the house. When I asked him what the house he'd built looked like, he said, "Oh-h-h, four walls and a roof." ah, he's got a dog, then? formerly known as etaoin... #173474 - 02/12/08 11:46 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]   Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Keeps the rain off. #173490 - 02/12/08 07:08 PM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: Faldage]   Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Jackie Jackie   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky He said dryly. #173500 - 02/13/08 12:20 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: GallantTed]   Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Originally Posted By: GallantTed Howya tsuwm Ya made some good pints fer sure. However, I notice ya failed ta mention the fella what will laff at anythin when he's filled ta the brim with whiskey - he's the guy with a rye sense a humour. Be seein ya GT HA!! #173502 - 02/13/08 02:43 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: belMarduk]   Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 275 GallantTed enthusiast GallantTed   enthusiast Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 275 Ireland Howye fokes Meself and the other Teds have been hotly debaten this issue beyont in Slasher's jint. Maybe it's just the case that someone haven a dry sense a humour and a actual dry joak are 2 different things alltagather. And as fer the peeple what laff at dry joaks, well, what ta call them may be a different kittle a fish fer sure. Meanwhile, me pal, MadDogTed, is wonderen if someone what laffs at himself has a I sense a humour - or is it a me sense a humour? Be seein ya GT #173505 - 02/13/08 03:54 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: GallantTed]   Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye   Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 My friend Iris has an eye sense of humor. #173517 - 02/13/08 12:31 PM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: Sparteye]   Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague >- if someone what laffs at himself has a I sense a humour - or is it a me sense a humour? Someone what laffs at himself has a high sense of humour. #173919 - 02/23/08 01:27 AM Re: "Wry and/or Dry "sense of humor" [Re: BranShea]   Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 The Pook old hand The Pook   old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania I don't think someone with a dry sense of humour is someone without humour, but someone whose humour is not immediately recognisable as such. It's not your garden variety cheery slapstick type, and may be perceived as rather mirthless by those who prefer Benny Hill to Daria. It is a cat's humour rather than a dog's humour. It is the kind of joke you tell without smiling, out of the side of your mouth with teeth firmly clamped together like Dirty Harry. It is unlikely to evoke a belly laugh in response, but more likely a quite snigger. I think 'dry' and 'wry' humour are overlapping terms, but not completely interchangeable. 'Wry' contains the element of being a bit twisted. The word comes from OE for 'twist' and is presumably where we get 'wring' from. Dry humour can be wry humour, but not necessarily. Last edited by The Pook; 02/23/08 03:47 AM. Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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. 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