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От : Alexander Koryagin 2:221/6 08 июл 24 13:26:52
К : Ardith Hinton 08 июл 24 13:28:01
Тема : Ru
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Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 03.07.2024 01:46
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 -----
AH> This is an example of what I would call a "riddle", i.e. a puzzling
AH> or misleading question which when used as a joke often involves a
AH> play on words.
AH> Another example: Q. What do you call an angry carrot? A. A steamed
AH> vegetable.
AK>> A Collection of Intermediate Anecdotes in American English
AH> Hmm. While my American dictionaries seem to agree that an anecdote
AH> is a story which other people may find entertaining &/or amusing,
AH> many of them also take into account that (as Anton said, and as a
AH> Canadian I agree) that as far as we`re concerned such stories are
AH> typically autobiographical or at least reported by a person who if
AH> not on the scene at the time has done their homework.... :-)
So, what is your variant? Jokes?
BTW Webster is not very categorical on the issue:
-----Beginning of the citation-----
Anecdote: a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or
biographical incident
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Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024
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