Hi, Gleb Hlebov!
I read your message from 20.06.2024 08:59
AK>>>> "He told me an anecdote, and I didn't laugh."
AS>>> An anecdote is a personal and unverified story. The
AS>>> word you 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
GH> Can you tell if it's a joke or anecdote? ;-)
GH> (Excuse my possibly lame "adaptation")
GH> ??<< E. Kopelyan's voiceover:
GH> "Stierlitz gave it a thought.
GH> It was good.
GH> So he gave it a second thought". >>
An English joke - "Englishmen are the most coward people. If they ask something
they always say 'I am afraid'". ;-)
Bye, Gleb!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024
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