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Topic: It is me or all non-Americans are hard to understand Jerry Seinfeld's joke
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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God
Posts: 5468
From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted March 23, 2011 10:03 AM
Mike, what I meant was if the American Culture that Jerry took to his jokes can be easily understood by non-Americans.
Being in foreign service, I love to learn other culture, and I want to know American culture from its jokes.
There are several type of jokes that I can get, i.e:
- illogical story (= the Simpsons)
- sarcasm (= Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock)
- slapstick ( = three stooges)
- misspell or mispronunciation (play the words)
- clash culture (e.g. American in Japan)
- political (e.g. Bill Clinton in France asks for "Le Whisky" and is misunderstood by the bartender that he wants Ms Lewinsky (Monika)...)
- Puzzling words/story (e.g "Jerry's father has 4 sons. He gave his 4 sons' name with cardinal directions/cardinal points so they are North, South, West. Who is missing?" People may answer "East", but the correct answer is Jerry) ps: how do you say this type of joke in English??
Anyway, none of Jerry's jokes are above. So hard for me to understand. Steve, thanks for the link..... I got the same Amex ad but different edit: Amex Ad Can you write down for me what does Jerry say in the last scene (when he is using British accent) as non-native I cannot really get, but I believe that is quite funny. [ March 23, 2011, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: Winbert Hutahaean ]
-------------------- Winbert
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