Hi Alexander,
Fri 14 Jun 2024 at 13:59, you wrote to Anton Shepelev:
AK>>> "He told me an anecdote, and I didn't laugh."
AS>> An anecdote is a personal and unverified story. The word you
AS>> want is `joke'.
AK> Jokes IMHO are very short. Long jokes are bad joke;
AK> -----Beginning of the citation-----
AK> Why do French people eat snails?
AK> They don't like fast food.
AK> ----- The end of the citation -----
AK> Anecdotes are rather short humorous stories
Can you tell if it's a joke or anecdote? ;-)
(Excuse my possibly lame "adaptation")
<< E. Kopelyan's voiceover:
"Stierlitz gave it a thought.
It was good.
So he gave it a second thought". >>
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