2006-10-19 04:41:48 · 27 answers · asked by blissfullyhappy 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
what makes you say that?
I'm Canadian and I get it.
but what makes you think americans don't??
2006-10-19 04:43:25 · answer #1 · answered by Greeneyed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
are you kidding??? I love irony and sarcasm and I'm an American. The irony of this question is that you asked it and the sarcasm of it is my answer.
2006-10-19 12:35:31 · answer #2 · answered by LunaFaye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also want to know what makes you think that..
I am really sarcastic and American, and so are most people I know..
I honestly always thought it was the other way around. All of the Americans I know actually OVER use sarcasm.
NOT EVERYONE VOTED FOR PRESIDENT BUSH. Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. That wasn't directed towards the person who posted this question either..
2006-10-19 04:44:24 · answer #3 · answered by chokingmeup 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not all ameriacns that don't get the british sense of humour.
I live with an american guy and he loves british comedians like Lee Evans, Jimmy Carr, Bill Bailey etc.
By the same token I have local friends that don't get or don't like the people named above..
It's all down to personal taste more then where you're from.
2006-10-19 05:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by Edward R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought this too. But I stayed with a very working class family in Philadelphia and they totally got British homour/irony/sarcasm.
Its only middle class Americans and yuppies that dont get it.
2006-10-19 08:07:15 · answer #5 · answered by K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Americans I am american and I get all types of sarcasm maybe you from another country and yall dont know our sarcasm!
2006-10-19 04:45:58 · answer #6 · answered by da202101 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's more that american and british irony are quite different. both understand the other but they don't usually find it as funny as their own brand of irony.
as for americans being lousy at anything but formulaic humour, remember seinfeld, jon stewart etc, there's a lot of good stuff out there if you look beyond teatime bbc2 reruns.
2006-10-19 04:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by wimbledon andy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because Americans are stupid.
I say this as an American. Now there's some irony!
Apparently we have a big problem in this country with the "Fundie" mentality. These people can't understand anything unless it's laid out in the most brutally stupid black-and-white terms.
2006-10-19 04:43:45 · answer #8 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
some do- look at comedies such as Frasier.
I find that many english people do not get it either.
It may be considered one of the lowest forms of wit, but i love it.
Maybe they don't get sarcasm because it is not available on sky or cnn!
2006-10-19 04:45:45 · answer #9 · answered by brainlady 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do. You only have to watch comedies such as Frasier, The Simpsons, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development, Seinfeld (to name a few), to realise their humour is sometimes more sophisticated than that of our UK comedies.
2006-10-19 04:48:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's the other way around - non american's don't get sarcasm. Americans use it daily to death.
2006-10-19 04:44:14 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋