british humour?

Question

i hate to sound retarded especially about my own race but what is brittish humour im always told by my mates in the usa that i have dry british humour but what does it mean
oh and im typically british can i get a translation on that
thankyou

Answer 1

mony python is a much loved phenomenon in america. i think of british humor as pointing out the obvious in a ridiculous way. . . it IS difficult to describe. how about, one of my favorite examples of british humor is The Young Ones. it never fails to make me laugh because of its outright hilarity.

Answer 2

From my experience the "typical" Brit humor is witty and dry. This means that you might not be able to tell it's a joke since it was delivered in complete deadpan.

Think John Cleese v. Adam Sandler, that's the difference between British and American humor.

Answer 3

I'm an American that prefers British humor, and I'm having a hard time defining what I mean by it, so don't feel stupid. I guess, to me, British humor seems more subtle, drier, and less politically correct and "in-your-face" than the American.
Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Personally I wouldn't worry about it. My husband is a Brit and I think that everyone there has a wonderful sense of humor. You can be just as funny as us Americans the problem is that most
Americans don't try to learn your slang so they miss the joke.

Answer 5

Being Irish, living in London for 40 years, I never really liked British Humour. I find it lavatorial, sometimes quite stupid, always against other races and seldom funny. Whereas Irish humour is indeed humour: 'Why are Irish jokes so stupid?'. Answer: 'So that the English can understand them'. Question: 'What's black and blue and floats in the river Liffey. Answer 'An Englishman who has told his last Irish joke in a Dublin pub'. A thought has just occured to me, it is not British humour, but merely English. Scottish is quite good and Welsh can be dry. The English cannot take a joke about themselves and like to tell jokes that belittle others. When the cart is turned around, they can't take it. We Irish love Irish jokes. Jews love Jewish jokes, Scots love Scottish jokes, and well, the Welsh, they are a joke. The English cannot take one about themselves. Dry humour----------humourless would be more like it.
Try this last one:

THE QUEEN AND PADDY’S BOIL:

The Queen was presiding over the official opening of a large new hospital in North London and in doing so was taken from ward to ward with officials and the Matron. Over in the corner of one ward, in bed, was Paddy. The Queen came over and asked ‘How are you my good man - what is your problem’. Paddy answered as politely as he knew how to. ‘Not too good madam, I’ve got a big boil on me ar*se’. Well, confusion reigned and the Queen was ushered away. Matron went hysterical saying to Paddy ‘Could you not have used the little bit of brain the good Lord gave you and said something like ‘I have a boil under my arm’ or something like that. You disgust me’.
Well, time went by, until about six months later, the Princess Royal, Princess Anne was visiting the same hospital. As bad luck would have it, Paddy was back with his problem. The group including the Princess and Matron went up to Paddy’s bed and Anne asked ‘And how are you my good man’. Paddy paused for a moment, then said ‘Not too bad madam, I’ve got a boil - under me arm’. Matron looked on approvingly until Princess Anne said ‘That’s very good news. Mother will be so pleased that the big one on your ar*se is better’.
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Answer 6

I BELIEVE IT IS WRY, SLIGHTLY DRY, EVEN TO BEING CYNICAL OR CALLOUS. A LITTLE ASKEW. GIVING AND TAKING AWAY AT THE SAME TIME. I'M SCOTTISH BY RITES AMERICAN BY BIRTH BUT HAVE THE SAME SENSE OF HUMOR. I SEE / LIKE THE IRONY OF THINGS. WE CAN'T CHANGE THEM GENERALLY. SEEN THE MOVIE 'OH BROTHER WHERE ART THOU'? AS SOON SOMETHING GOOD WOULD HAPPEN WELL YOU GET IT.DON'T WORRY BE PROUD YOUR HERITAGES' HUMOUR (FOR YOU) IS RECOGNIZED AND SET APART.