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

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From: Ralph T. Edwards
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 00:00

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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: rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards)
Subject: Re: Humor in England: was Re: TO R.T. Edwards
Date: 1996/02/21
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