LARF - at ENGLISH

 Funny English 😂

Restaurant game   DICE





😂WORDS ARE FUN😎

I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you, On hiccough, thorough, lough and through? Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird, And dead: it's said like bed, not bead - For goodness sake don't call it deed! Watch out for meat and great and threat (They rhyme with suite and straight and debt). A moth is not a moth in mother, Nor both in bother, broth in brother, And here is not a match for there Nor dear and fear for bear and pear, And then there's dose and rose and lose - Just look them up - and goose and choose, And cork and work and card and ward, And font and front and word and sword, And do and go and thwart and cart - Come, come, I've hardly made a start! A dreadful language? Man alive! I'd mastered it when I was five!
Our Strange Lingo When the English tongue we speak. Why is break not rhymed with freak? Will you tell me why it's true We say sew but likewise few? And the maker of the verse, Cannot rhyme his horse with worse? Beard is not the same as heard Cord is different from word. Cow is cow but low is low Shoe is never rhymed with foe. Think of hose, dose,and lose And think of goose and yet with choose Think of comb, tomb and bomb, Doll and roll or home and some. Since pay is rhymed with say Why not paid with said I pray? Think of blood, food and good. Mould is not pronounced like could. Wherefore done, but gone and lone - Is there any reason known? To sum up all, it seems to me Sound and letters don't agree
 

MONTY PYTHON - THE HAGGLE 

The dead parrot (Monty Python) 

Monty Python "Dead Parrot" Sketch - Idioms for "Dead" and "Broken" 

This is a list of vocabulary items related to humor

Humor:

Humour or humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement.

Sense of humor:

A sense of humor is the ability to experience humor.
"He's got a great sense of humor" (= he is very able to see things as amusing.)

Humorist:

A person who writes or tells amusing stories

Humorous:

Funny, or making you laugh.
"Her latest book is a humorous look at teenage life"

Amusing:

Adjective. Entertaining. "an amusing story/person/situation"

Comedy:

1. Any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy.
2.The amusing part of a situation.
"I prefer Shakespeare's comedies to his tragedies."
"The candidate forgetting his lines in the middle of the speech provided some good comedy."

Comedian:

A person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes and amusing stories or by copying the behavior or speech of famous people:
"a stand-up comedian."

Black humor:

An amusing way of looking at or treating something that is serious or sad.

Crack:

Verb. To make a joke or a clever remark. "He's always cracking jokes."

Droll:

Adjective. Amusing, especially in an unusual way. "A droll remark/expression/person."

Dry humor:

Dry humor is very amusing in a way which is clever and not loud or obvious:
"a dry sense of humor."
"a dry wit."

Facetious:

Not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be amusing or to appear clever:
"Facetious remarks."
"He's just being facetious."

Funny:

Adjective. Amusing; causing laughter:
"Do you know any funny jokes?"
"It's not funny - don't laugh!"
"No matter how disastrous the situation there always seems to be a funny side to it."

Gag:

Noun (INFORMAL.) A joke or funny story, especially one told by a comedian (= person whose job is to make people laugh):
"I did a few opening gags about the band that had been on before me."

Gallows humor:

Noun. Jokes or humorous remarks that are made about unpleasant or worrying subjects such as death and illness

Hilarious:

Adjective. Extremely amusing and causing a lot of laughter:
"He didn't like the film at all - I thought it was hilarious."

Jest:

Noun (FORMAL). Something which is said or done in order to amuse:
"His proposal was no jest - he was completely sincere."

Joke:

Something, such as an amusing story or trick, that is said or done in order to make people laugh:
"Did I tell you the joke about the chicken crossing the road?"
"She spent the evening cracking (= telling) jokes and telling funny stories."
"He tried to do a comedy routine, but all his jokes fell flat" (= no one laughed at them).
Don't you get (= understand) the joke?

Laugh:

To smile while making sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy:
"They laughed at her jokes."
"I couldn't stop laughing."

Satire:

A way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, or a piece of writing or play which uses this style. Satire may rely more on understanding the target of the humor, and thus tends to appeal to more mature audiences. :
"Political satire."
"Her play was a biting/cruel satire on life in the 80s."

Wit:

The ability to perceive and express in an ingeniously humorous manner the relationship between seemingly incongruous or disparate things.