Re: Humor in England: was Re: TO R.T. Edwards

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From: R.Boss
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 00:00

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rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards) skriver:
> In article <DMvGLH.3t7@news.tcd.ie>, Bismarck <keelerad@tcd.ie> wrote:
> 
> > Rafael reinterpreted your statement "JOYLESS" to include "morose and
> humourless". I don't know about you, but in the context of the =
> > statement and the mail it sound like a pretty good comparison i.e.
> > defn: JOYLESS;=MOROSE=HUMOURLESS.
> > 
> > Bismarck
> 
> Not to me.  Lots of humorists are low-key.  Does everyone in Ireland use
> an alias?  Why?  Again, for the record, everyone I have known personally
> from England or Ireland has had a keen sense of humor, where the word keen
> is used advisedly.
> 
> -- 
> R.T.Edwards rte@elmo.att.com 908 576-3031

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From: R.Boss <roland.boss@sollentuna.mail.telia.com>
Subject: Re: Humor in England: was Re: TO R.T. Edwards
Date: 1996/03/01
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