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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=046575508-30082005></SPAN>W<SPAN
class=046575508-30082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>ell,
Bill,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=046575508-30082005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>Who does not have a sense of
humor? Sometimes we do not have a sense</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=046575508-30082005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>of humor in an area where we are sensitive. Or
we prefer a certain kind of</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=046575508-30082005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>humor, like wry humor, or humor that evokes a
hearty belly-laugh, or puns.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=046575508-30082005></SPAN><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>S<SPAN class=046575508-30082005>o saying "x does not have a sense of
humor" might mean "they do
not</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=046575508-30082005>have MY kind of humor" or "they do not
laugh at my jokes."</SPAN><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>H<SPAN class=046575508-30082005>ere is a
pun:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>W<SPAN class=046575508-30082005>hat is a full turkey called? -
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=3>S<SPAN
class=046575508-30082005>tuffed.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=046575508-30082005>Any puns about "turkeys" on this list of
word-lovers among whom there
are</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=046575508-30082005>certainly a lot of
punsters?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN
class=046575508-30082005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=046575508-30082005>Fritz </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE><TT>The origin of the notion that such-and-such a people do
not<BR>joke or do not make puns etc. is probably worth of investigation<BR>in
its own right. I once encountered the statement, in a pamphlet<BR>distributed
to American soldiers by the Occupation authorities,<BR>that: "The Japanese
have no sense of humor."<BR><BR>--<BR>Bill Poser, Linguistics, University of
Pennsylvania<BR><A
href="http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/">http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/</A>
billposer@alum.mit.edu<BR></TT>
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