why dont the yanks understand our down to earth sarcasm, are they not able to laugh at themselves?
2006-09-13 23:16:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
maybe cos we're just too damn funny for them x
2006-09-13 23:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by kittyurmston 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
exciting argument factors there - fairly approximately slapstick. i've got continually considered American humour as extra slapstick and reliant on ask your self fee than British humour which seems to be based on innuendo, situational comedy and puns. American humour is transforming into in popularity over right here yet to an outstanding variety of folk it remains seen crass and obscene and easily too predictable and straightforward to be exciting (by using ask your self fee, swearing and so on) whilst in comparison with classic British comedy like Dads military, Fawlty Towers and others. i don't have a difficulty with human beings liking different genres of humour (it would be uninteresting if all human beings substitute into the comparable after all!) regrettably there is vanity and superiority on the two aspects it extremely is extremely vitriolic at cases - an impressive shame we can't have reasoned debates to any extent further. i'd advise actual that British humour isn't previous, certainly it sort of feels to be transforming into further and extra conventional these days (eg appropriate equipment is shown in over 40 international locations worldwide) and American networks are identifying to purchase rights from the BBC, ITV and C4 for exhibits like the workplace, The Inbetweeners and appropriate equipment itself - the remakes of that have all been disastrous given the unique British variations have already been broadcast contained in the U. S. and been very conventional (an outstanding variety of human beings DO locate British comedy humorous). The accessory factor is significant i think of, American form comedy does no longer artwork with British accents and vice versa. it relatively is merely what appeals to different human beings. after all, we are British and human beings and disagreements are the reason we at the instant are not all British nevertheless! Viva le distinction :D
2016-09-30 22:49:15 · answer #2 · answered by regula 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which ever country understood British humour was conquered by the British
You can imagine why Americans don't want to understand British homour
2006-09-13 23:28:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Britishers are Borring...
So I never see any British comedy program...
That foolish Mr. Bean!!!
O God !!!
The real humour sense is in Americans...
But I dont like their Toilet humour...
They just cross the limits thinking it is Funny.....
2006-09-13 23:20:51 · answer #4 · answered by just curious 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If we all had the same sense of humour then we would have one less thing defining us from each other.
2006-09-13 23:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by claire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is the same reason they don't understand our Australian Humour ?
Good to see you spelling Humour correctly :-)
2006-09-13 23:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by Perry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess we or some of us can, I really don't know much about british so I might not get the joke....
2006-09-14 00:17:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because every people in the world have diffren senense of humor.
2006-09-13 23:27:56 · answer #8 · answered by Centurion The Great 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who gives a rats @ss!
2006-09-13 23:26:47 · answer #9 · answered by bill a 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most americans understand it but just don't think it's funny.
2006-09-13 23:27:25 · answer #10 · answered by jbslass 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we do, limey. You don't understand or care to understand ours.
Ever visited the US? I didn't think so.
☺
2006-09-13 23:21:45 · answer #11 · answered by abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋