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class=204513315-22122005></SPAN>H<SPAN class=204513315-22122005><FONT face=Arial
size=3>i there, Chaz,</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>I definitely agree. I am just having a private exchange
with SIL colleague Ronnie Sim,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>a Scotsman, on irony, sarcasm, puns and humor in
English and German. Ronnie</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>Sim is a proponent of Relevance Theory which has a lot
to say about irony and</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>related matters. Check out the on-line
bibliography:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=204513315-22122005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
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<P><A href="http://www.ua.es/personal/francisco.yus/rt.html"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.ua.es/personal/francisco.yus/rt.html</U></FONT></A></P></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=204513315-22122005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>Has it </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT
face=Arial size=3><SPAN class=204513315-22122005>occurred to you that I have
stimulated humorous exchanges on this list, e.g.
based</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>on homophones in English? It is not just for fun's sake
but this is one of my</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>hobby horses: language-specific or culture-specific
humor, and cross-cultural</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>humor. And you know there is a some humor, irony and
sarcasm in the Bible,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>and as a Bible translation consultant I try to help
teams to get that across in their</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>translations. So my interest is not just entertainment,
but it is professional.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>Now it is a known fact that English has a lot of
homonyms while German has</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>relatively few. This fact explains why so much humor in
English is based</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>on puns and word-plays on the homonym level. Maybe that
is why the Brits</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>have this stereotype about the Germans that we don't
have a sense a humor.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>To which I answer, "No, we have developed different
kinds of humor.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>We also like to play with words but our language lends
itself less to puns</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>using homonyms."</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>Merry Christmas,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=204513315-22122005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005>Fritz</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=204513315-22122005></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=204513315-22122005> </SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><TT>Frohe Weihnachten to you, Fritz,<BR><BR>My German father-in-law
has spoken English for over 50 years now but he <BR>says English has so much
more flexibility than German does when it <BR>comes to puns and other word
plays. Do you agree?<BR><BR>-Chaz<BR> <BR> <BR><BR></TT>
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