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Indeed, but Britain is probably the other extreme. I believe there is only one country that could've produced magnificent material such as Monty Python or Fawlt

Indeed, but Britain is probably the other extreme. I believe there is only one country that could've produced magnificent material such as Monty Python or Fawlty Towers ;).

bioh42_2 16y ago
You know, unlike English some languages have a sarcastic tense.
- nebaneba 16y ago
  Fascinating. Sarcasm is inherent in the grammar? Can you give some examples? update: searched a bit, cannot find any supporting evidence for bioh42_2's statement.
  - jarin 16y ago
    He used it in his post, you must have missed it.
  - bioh42_2 16y ago
    Inferential or renarrative mood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferential_mood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferential_mood Not always intended as sarcastic, but: The main body of the news report tends to use the renarrative correctly - but sometimes, again, it is intentionally avoided. (...) This is because, due to its ambiguity, the renarrative in such cases could be perceived as a passing of judgement or expression of doubt by the reporter...
- burgerbrain 16y ago
  Wouldn't that spoil the humor, similar to how "sarcasm tags" on the internet do?
geebee 16y ago
But what country could have produced "Airplane!", or "O Brother Where Art Thou?" You could say that something like "Seinfeld" (and "Curb Your Enthusiasm") is more the product of a very unusual subculture (in fact, this is the basis for much of the humor, how poorly new yorkers fit in the rest of US culture), but keep in mind Seinfeld had the highest ratings of any sitcom in US history, so the appeal is obviously very broad.
- arethuza 16y ago
  To be clear I wasn't talking about humor in media - of which there are a lot of excellent examples, but the amount of humor that seems to be part of day to day life. Incidentally, I wouldn't regard Monty Python as being very representative of "natural" British humor - I'd probably suggest Al Murray in his "Pub Landlord" persona to be far more like the comedy you are likely to encounter in real life (or Frankie Boyle for us Scots).

Indeed, but Britain is probably the other extreme. I believe there is only one country that could've produced magnificent material such as Monty Python or Fawlty Towers ;).

bioh42_2 16y ago

You know, unlike English some languages have a sarcastic tense.

nebaneba 16y ago
Fascinating. Sarcasm is inherent in the grammar? Can you give some examples? update: searched a bit, cannot find any supporting evidence for bioh42_2's statement.
- jarin 16y ago
  He used it in his post, you must have missed it.
- bioh42_2 16y ago
  Inferential or renarrative mood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferential_mood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferential_mood Not always intended as sarcastic, but: The main body of the news report tends to use the renarrative correctly - but sometimes, again, it is intentionally avoided. (...) This is because, due to its ambiguity, the renarrative in such cases could be perceived as a passing of judgement or expression of doubt by the reporter...
burgerbrain 16y ago
Wouldn't that spoil the humor, similar to how "sarcasm tags" on the internet do?

geebee 16y ago

But what country could have produced "Airplane!", or "O Brother Where Art Thou?" You could say that something like "Seinfeld" (and "Curb Your Enthusiasm") is more the product of a very unusual subculture (in fact, this is the basis for much of the humor, how poorly new yorkers fit in the rest of US culture), but keep in mind Seinfeld had the highest ratings of any sitcom in US history, so the appeal is obviously very broad.

arethuza 16y ago
To be clear I wasn't talking about humor in media - of which there are a lot of excellent examples, but the amount of humor that seems to be part of day to day life. Incidentally, I wouldn't regard Monty Python as being very representative of "natural" British humor - I'd probably suggest Al Murray in his "Pub Landlord" persona to be far more like the comedy you are likely to encounter in real life (or Frankie Boyle for us Scots).