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Re: different senses of humour

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Nathan LeonardApr 1, 2007

Having read the book about Englishness I'm now thinking it would be interesting to read a book that compares the senses of humour of various cultures. Does anybody know of such a book?

On 3/31/07, Dan Howland <ridetheory@...> wrote:
> > For the English, the rules of humour are the
> > cultural equivalent of natural laws - we obey them
> > automatically, rather in the way that we obey the
> > law of gravity.

Deviation! He's supposed to be talking about the laws of LEVITY!

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