British Humour Explained (with examples)

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This lesson on British humour and comedy discusses irony, sarcasm, deadpan, wit, innuendo, banter & puns. You will learn what they are and how do use them, with examples.Try Lingoda! Click on the link (bit.ly/LucyLingodaJuly) and use my code LUCY11 for 20% off all packages for your first month!Thank you to Lingoda for sponsoring this video.
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@EnglishwithLucy 5 лет назад

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@sara-mx4bx 5 лет назад

Lucy where are u from?

@Ghunteriri 5 лет назад

English with Lucy I am American and I watch British Comedy shows on BBC and PBS

@sara-mx4bx 5 лет назад

Really thank you

@arashsarhali6334 5 лет назад

Hlo mam, please make a video on "how to write a effective paragraph".

@sara-mx4bx 5 лет назад

@@dU7hK11thwhat?

@dianasaur2131 4 года назад

Be aware that when a Brit says "you're witty" chances are they're being sarcastic.

@emiremir9770 4 года назад

@Hugh Jarce yes! that´s right... you tend to go to war with the people you love... indians... arabs... africans... and argentinians as me :-)

@emiremir9770 4 года назад

@Hugh Jarce First of all I say sorry if I offended anyone with my comment. I respect your people and I´m not judging anyone. I was just teasing. We, the common people have to deal with the decisions that "the notorious people" took... I´m here because I like English language, especially british english. My life have taught me that the best way to enjoy is sharing... so, these are my words and I share them with you buddy. Regards.

@elwolf8536 4 года назад

@@emiremir9770 I'm English I liked your comment it made me laugh

@pirateman1144 4 года назад

@Hugh Jarce You can't be serious... You didn't see the humour in that comment? On a video about humour? Where the first item on the list is irony? Holy wowzers!

@heavens.sorrow 4 года назад

@Hugh Jarce Obviously you have no understanding of subjectivity. Humor is subjective.... I like dark humor. Maybe you dont. That doesnt mean my sense of humor is wrong. And neither is yours. As I said, humor is subjective, and never truly wrong, because it's purely opinion. Now, the sooner you get your head out of your ass the better, so run along.

@stevenk-brooks6852 4 года назад

"To be described as 'witty' in the UK, is the mother of all complements." But she forgot to add: "Unless it is meant sarcastically."

@rvmm2 4 года назад

You're quite witty aren't you?...

@bazkid5739 4 года назад

Only certain parts of the country is witty the majority is as thick as the yanks

@jakeclough8090 4 года назад

bazza m8 out of curiosity what parts do you think

@bazkid5739 4 года назад

@@jakeclough8090 witty people all across tbf but from experience in certain areas I've been too 90% of the people I met have been witty. Liverpool probably the most, scousers always seem to have something to say back, people from Newcastle and Birmingham too. I bet theres tons more but I habent been every where in the country

@bazkid5739 4 года назад

@@jakeclough8090 the Shrewsbury area seemed to be the opposite of witty, same as stoke no offence. Also people from Devon and Cornwall are about as funny as watching paint dry

@acemavrick Год назад

I love how her description of innuendo features the phrase "you can slip it in anywhere". Now if that doesn't explain it, what does?

@Tentin.Quarantino Год назад

Lol yeah I spotted that too. That said, I think we’re hard-wired to pick up innuendos.

@james00771 Год назад

Yes it was brilliant.The ironic thing about that was that I don't think she even noticed. That's another thing about British humour, innuendo can be so funny when the person saying it doesn't realise!

@marshlanderdumarais264 Год назад

Beat me to it … ooh matron 😊

@carolphillips8802 Год назад

Like an Italian suppository.

@tarquinmidwinter2056 Год назад

Woman walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a double entendre, so he gave her one.

@panagea2007 Год назад

I began to read "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and I thought it was stupid. Then I saw on the back cover that it was by an English writer, so I started over, this time imagining a British accent, and it was the funniest thing I'd ever read.

@Nedubov 5 месяцев назад

Try it narrated by Stephen Fry. Available on Audible. It’s a gem!

@douglasstrother6584 3 года назад

The Dry Humor is appreciated because of all of the rain.

@Oswadomob 3 года назад

*finger guns*

@MrBarbjhix 3 года назад

Not like jokes about the heat here in Las Vegas when it reaches 110 degrees. We always says "but it's a DRY heat" like that's gonna make it better lol

@NathanBonline 3 года назад

this made me laugh

@Muckylittleme 3 года назад

Don't talk wet!

@contytub 3 года назад

... true :| ...

@brucecaldwell7856 4 года назад

Definition of a farmer...a man who's outstanding in his field

@new_mercury5367 4 года назад

No that's just a good farmer

@flitzgerald7984 4 года назад

@@new_mercury5367 😃

@changemankind 3 года назад

Classic

@4hereyez 3 года назад

That's very British dark humour! 😂

@Angel-wl9it 3 года назад

@@4hereyez ??? That was NOT dark humour. Lol

@napoearth 2 года назад

I have a good example of British humor. I heard a story on the radio told by an American who was kidnapped and thrown into the trunk of a car where a British man had already been kidnapped. The American said, "It's pretty cramped in here." The British man replied, "It wasn't too bad until you showed up."

@davidtilley5671 2 года назад

Do you have any better joke's? 🥱🥱🥱😋

@jgw5491 2 года назад

@@davidtilley5671 Yay! Sarcasm!

@kash0r 2 года назад

best example of british humor not being funny. (:

@prince138 2 года назад

@@kash0r since you took offence, you might as well take the door too

@RodericSpode 2 года назад

@@prince138 I see what you did there.

@roasty247 Год назад

As a Brit living abroad I have found that the British sense of humour is also particularly dark...if a situation is going badly or terrible things happen I think we use humour as a coping mechanism. We're always the first to make apparently inappropriate jokes...or ones that come into the category "too soon"...that people of other nationalities often just don't find funny!

Год назад

Belgians have these sort of acidity too! heheh

@meganretallick2353 Год назад

I moved to Canada this year and I have to be do careful what I say to not accidentally offend people at work 😂

@jokematthijsen3190 Год назад

@ And it already starts with their mayonnaise 😋

@admiralbenbow5083 9 месяцев назад

Black humour doesnt work (for me...) in the US

@erikabenedetti_ 8 месяцев назад

😂😂😂

@mollyandsofia1603 4 года назад

There is a hairdressers in my hometown called ‘Curl Up And Dye’

@vincentperratore4395 4 года назад

What about the beauty parlor where the customers get a head full of soap and an earful of dirt?

@ilusilver 4 года назад

Ha! I know where you live! (unless it's a common name of course...)

@Alyssa320 4 года назад

It’s a very common name for hair salons. It was originally in a movie.

@tomlewis7898 4 года назад

Pewsey, Wilts?

@boykayak001 4 года назад

Blues Brothers

@andrewgarner2224 3 года назад

Lady Astor: “Winston, if I were your wife I’d put poison in your coffee.” Winston Churchill: “Nancy, if I were your husband I’d drink it.”

@ceejay3054 3 года назад

Similarly, Churchill was told at a party, "You, sir, are unquestionably very drunk." He responded, "And you, madam, are extremely ugly. And in the morning, I shall be sober."

@pumpdumpster 3 года назад

That is really, really funny. Makes my day, again. 🤣

@ilmelangolo 3 года назад

ahahhahahahah!!! top class! 🤣🤣🤣

@PawelStroin 3 года назад

"Please tell Lord Privy Seal that I'm sealed to the privy and I can deal with one shit at a time" ;)

@brucethebear8879 3 года назад

that is so smart

@alexgoodwin299 Год назад

I’m an autistic American, I’ve ended up with very “British” humor I’ve been told because I often say things seriously and people take it as a deadpan joke. Most of the time it’s on purpose (it didn’t use to be) because I’m good at it I found but there’s still times people start laughing and I don’t know what I said. Example, I was at dinner with friends late at night, my friend said they had to get up at 7am and I immediately said “you need to leave!!” I was genuinely concerned for my friend, everyone started laughing, I realized it was slightly rude but so abrupt that it seemed like a joke. People say I seem very British, they ask if I have British family. I’m just on the spectrum lol.

@anfieldreds_1892 5 месяцев назад

we’re in the UK. My son’s autistic. he’s very witty, especially with me.

@slowcuber_aze 3 месяца назад

@@anfieldreds_1892 god bless you and your son

@tessat338 Год назад

There was a hair salon in a small town in Michigan that we drove through to get to the lake cabin or to relative's houses. It was called "Curl Up and Dye." We thought that this was hysterical as school-aged and teenaged young people. I found out later that it was right across the street from the town's funeral home.

@Nedubov 5 месяцев назад

That’s so wrinkly.

@tonygriffin_ 3 года назад

My grandfather was responsible for bringing down several German planes during WW2. The Luftwaffe said he was the worst mechanic they ever had.

@imakelonelinessworkforme9120 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@rashadseada5789 3 года назад

😂😂

@albertobettoldi8240 3 года назад

LMAO

@jonathanwalker8730 3 года назад

Boom! Good one though, always good to see an old joke get an airing :)

@shawry9124 3 года назад

lmao

@mazdamps 4 года назад

To a child being silly at a play park.... "If you fall and break your leg, don't come running to me"

@guardiandeityy4284 4 года назад

YES

@Farweasel 4 года назад

Rio, With such a sick sense of humour one of these mornings you're going to wake up dead. ;-p

@buiscutdog9090 4 года назад

Me: I cried My brain: so did the kid. Me: I didn't mean it that way but I'm still crying haha

@Sophie_-uo4jl 4 года назад

Greeks say it too😂XD

@bookofdearveronicaschuyler2294 4 года назад

Can't count how many times I heard this as a child

@paolatropical Год назад

I'm a Latina and my British husband used to and still have problems catching jokes from my family but also my mom and family can't understand his humour. I'm used to it after almost 20 years together. I loved this video 💖. He tends to have that kind of wit and dry humour, that's why..even our daughters think twice before believing in what's his saying hahahaha.

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 4 месяца назад

In my native Argentina the sense of humor is similar to the British, but dirtier (in a monarchy cursing is a no-no). But I spent one month in Cuba and was shocked as to the lack of humor in that society.

@kenm76 Год назад

I dunno if this is British or American, but your funeral story made me realize that I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather did. Not crying and screaming like the passengers in his car.

@peterburns6226 Год назад

I like your style!!

@rebeccabriggs9452 Год назад

obviously american! Brits wouldn't be screaming and crying. Gotta keep that stiff upper lip you know! 😀

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 4 месяца назад

The father of a good friend spent decades asking God for the same, and he died in his sleep, indeed.

@jyst 3 года назад

My mother lived to be a hundred and in her nineties she was talking to my stepfather about her funeral. He said do you want to be buried with your parents or to be cremated ? She replied I don't know surprise me .

@niag.3332 3 года назад

Now this one is really funny 😅

@Isleofskye 3 года назад

Great Comment John !:)

@jeffkeeley4594 3 года назад

From Bob Hope-but then he was a 'pom'.

@Isleofskye 3 года назад

@@jeffkeeley4594 Born 2 miles from where I live in Eltham, South East London..

@rgnotdead 3 года назад

Dry, love it

@mrpddnos 4 года назад

Oh the irony. An English teacher forgetting a word she needs for her lesson....

@kylebalmer3396 4 года назад

I dont think you know what irony is

@jomt5614 4 года назад

You obviously didn't get through to the 'self-deprication' part

@kingrobert1st 4 года назад

I thought she was going to say culprit!

@miriamrobarts 3 года назад

Did you also notice that she says "in" the pulpit? It sounds like they're crouching down inside it. ;)

@4hereyez 3 года назад

Only about 15% of people in UK go to church. Why should the other 85% know what pulpit is?! : )

@chrisross7177 Год назад

Your funeral story reminded me when my grandmother passed away. We were with her an hour later waiting for the corner to come by and pronounce her dead. The corner announced himself and what he was going to do and while he was listening to her heart with a stethoscope my father, her son, says to the corner "we've been here an hour and she hasn't said a word"

@nathancarr3916 Год назад

coroner not corner

@reasonerenlightened2456 Год назад

What is in this video is for rich or not poor people. The poor think about where my food would come from today.

@gastondoumerc7863 2 года назад

I love British humor the most, and my favorite is how they can blend something abstract or completely farcical combined with the quintessential British straight face. Python were masters at this. They will always be the paragon for me.

@antimimoniakos 2 года назад

Monty python question to a thieve: -Do you steal a lot? -Just for the rent.

@saionjisins 2 года назад

*humour *favourite

@-toby-329 2 года назад

@@saionjisins the spelling differences XD colour too

@dcmastermindfirst9418 2 года назад

Humour* Favourite* Learn to spell English

@hehehig Год назад

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 that person is probably American or learned American English ig...

@reecenaidu6020 4 года назад

South African humor is British humor. It's just a little darker now than it was before

@javiermartinez-ortiz6891 4 года назад

ahaaa nice one.

@cadernodereceitas1 4 года назад

hahaha brilliant!!!!!

@adammacdomhnail2014 4 года назад

Brilliant!😂

@kunaljangale4620 4 года назад

Smart

@casimiralexander 4 года назад

Reece Naidu Necklacing has a whole new meaning then?!

@boltgamr1029 2 года назад

Years ago back when I was in school, a kid was stood up to do a presentation, and as he opened the PowerPoint, he said "Ok, let's start the house tour". Unfortunately it didn't open, so I just said "Looks like the front door is locked." I'm not normally the popular kid or the class clown, but everyone laughed. It felt pretty good.

@utha2665 2 года назад

They say time is relative. When you said "years ago" you must've been talking about the 1993 or later. I had to look up the release date of Powerpoint and thought, damn, that wasn't that long ago 🤦‍♂️. Needless to say, I think I'm a bit older that you.

@boltgamr1029 2 года назад

@@utha2665 So what? If it matters so much, I'm just out of education, and it did happen "years ago", roughly in year 8 of English school years

@utha2665 2 года назад

@@boltgamr1029 I meant nothing by the comment, I was merely stating how relative time is. To you 5 years is a long time, to me it seems like yesterday. To you I'm old, and to me someone in their 40s is young. I wasn't having a go at your age at all. What you said though when the Powerpoint wouldn't open was pretty funny, though. I'd have been pretty proud of that as well.

@tcritt 2 года назад

And you've been dining out on that 'zinger' ever since.

@cheneethompson5756 2 года назад

Lol!

@grey7987 2 года назад

The statement of innuendos being easy to slip in anywhere is a pretty great innuendo.

@aldewachter7986 2 года назад

An innuendo is an Italian suppository.

@rbryanhull 2 года назад

That's what she said

@andyevans8221 Год назад

A woman asked a bloke for an example of an innuendo, so he gave her one.

@Capfka Год назад

I was at a meeting of internet friends in the US some years ago, and the conversation one day turned to family Cbristmases. I was asked if I liked family Christmases and my deadpan reply was "Not really. The main topic of conversation tends to be about who's dead, who's dying. And who needs killing." Most of the group got it and roared with laughter. However, along with the group members were wives/girlfriends and husbands/boyfriends, some of whom ... didn't. There were some fairly shocked reactions!

@Jefff72 Год назад

"Bring out your dead!" I'm not dead!

@davidnarbett 3 года назад

Cockpit joke: “My Father died peacefully in his sleep, unlike his passengers” (Bob Monkhouse)

@MrDanDant 3 года назад

We have that in Czech republic as well, but just about the bus driver. You know, we're more rural.

@johnshields3658 3 года назад

Monkhouse's other great (perhaps greatest) joke was: "When I told my friends I wanted to become a comedian, they all laughed. Well, no one's laughing now." Perfection.

@hyweltthomas 3 года назад

You left off the last word: "...screaming."

@jupitersailing 3 года назад

@@hyweltthomas "...in terror at 30,000 feet"

@montyferguson4657 3 года назад

We have a bumper sticker that says that.

@sirdanielsmalley9657 3 года назад

"Lots of banter between the British, French, Americans, and Germans." What an interesting way to describe trench warfare. Great video!!

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 3 года назад

As people used to say back in the 1960s, I can _dig it._ 😉

@JAYDOG1337A 3 года назад

"What do I need to know about the french, if they fight they retreat"

@MCVessels 3 года назад

A delightful comment, sir. Bravo.

@Ron.S. 2 года назад

A polite reminder - most British girls aren’t fit as her.

@malcomflibbleghast8140 2 года назад

the french ahve a word for humour?? i fell asleep in french lessons.....

@sammakescode4071 Год назад

"English with Lucy" forgetting the word "pulpit" is an excellent example of Irony

@kenhobbs5903 Год назад

I don't think so. Irony is saying the opposite of what you mean. Your comment was *so* right! = irony. Not being able to remember the correct word = not being able to remember the correct word

@adalovelace3659 Год назад

I agree that it's irony - an English teacher forgetting an English word. It's also self deprecating humor - she could easily have cropped that bit out or done another take, but left it in because it's funny

@R0CK0Nbaby 2 года назад

I'm from the US but I've always loved British humor, they make me laugh so much more than american ones! Thank you for breaking it down in this video!

@jebidiahnewkedkracker1801 Год назад

I take it you never heard, or HEARD OF, Joan Rivers??

@nikkiw6 4 года назад

Sexual innuendo: “so easy to slip in anywhere” 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

@yeti97guitarist 4 года назад

In your endo

@JohnVDenley 4 года назад

Yup, and I don't think she even noticed!

@paulwilson6064 4 года назад

Would that be irony that it was unintended.?

@simonoleary9264 4 года назад

It was ironic that she was talking about double entendres when she "slipped it in".

@Saffron-sugar 4 года назад

Even better w/o the quotes. A great deal of Brit humor isn’t explained to the listener. The fact that it may go over someone’s head makes it even better

@valeriel3661 4 года назад

From my English friend: "I didn't think orthopaedic shoes would help, but I stand corrected."

@MrRobinThornton 4 года назад

Man alive...eye roll.

@zetjet9901 4 года назад

*Omg yes*

@azuremoon6583 4 года назад

Lmao. I love jokes like these.

@cfa2825 4 года назад

@@zetjet9901 lol

@hershnotfound 4 года назад

I could imagine captain Raymond holt saying this whyyy

@DavidMillsom Год назад

A German joke is a very serious thing.

@VernCrisler 2 года назад

Speaking of British humor, I liked John Cleese's response when asked whether England celebrated anything like America's July 4th, Independence Day. His response was that in England, they celebrate July 5th, and they call it Dependence Day. On the question of dry humor; it's very hard to keep a straight, funereal face when telling a joke, and that's probably why only a rare few can actually make a living at comedy.

@dcmastermindfirst9418 2 года назад

Humour*

@VernCrisler 2 года назад

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 If memory serves, Cleese also said something about the differences between British and American spelling. I think word processors actually allow a choice!

@lszujo73 Год назад

very good😁

@rebeccabriggs9452 Год назад

@@dcmastermindfirst9418 see now that's irony. Talking about British humour and using American spelling :)

@dcmastermindfirst9418 Год назад

@@rebeccabriggs9452 What American spelling?

@hadz8671 4 года назад

With puns, we all groan (while frantically trying to think of one to say ourselves).

@casmeraki 4 года назад

Only very clever wordy people can pun! I wish I had that intelligence ahha I find it funnier than all. The other humours

@jomt5614 4 года назад

True, couldn't think of any to reply to your comment.

@ant7936 4 года назад

In Scotland, a pun is 16 ounces.

@jiwuwuw 4 года назад

Anthony Roberts holy sheet mate

@J75Pootle 3 года назад

When you have 2 or 3 whitty people in the same room and one of them makes a pun, prepare for the next 10 minutes of conversation to be overtaken by puns of a similar theme

@fabioplayism 5 лет назад

In British humour you lost a friend but not the joke 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@lomililo4999 4 года назад

@Hugh Jarce how are you

@lomililo4999 4 года назад

@Hugh Jarce where are you from?

@Jane306 4 года назад

Sarah Heringer thisss!!!!!

@stoyangueorguiev294 2 года назад

Very good Sarah. I still don't understand why some people laugh when someone trips and falls in real life. Where is the joke? In which category belongs the person who is laughing when someone brakes his leg or head? I will tell you: British. Probably genetically embedded subconscious behaviour from the thought " Less people arround the table, more for me". Call 911 you........friend.

@bigdogpr 2 года назад

Born in Derby. Immigrated to the States when I was 2. My British humor with a Southern California accent is beyond confusing for my yank friends. I think I’ll forward this video to them to help them “get it”. 👍👊

@mikenowacki9729 Год назад

Im from Derby good to know you got out

@BighornMedia5280 Год назад

It’s beyond confusing why anyone would want to legally immigrate to Southern California. See what I did there? Sarcasm, wit, banter, and innuendo all rolled into one.

@renedijkgraaf1936 2 года назад

Great video! I am currently writing a text about this subject for a Dutch spelling bee and Lucy's well organized, clear, and witty presentation was very helpful. Initially I kind of got lost between all the British comedians I love, from Tommy Cooper via John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson to Sarah Millican, Russell Howard, Michael McIntyre etc. etc. Now I've got a much clearer story line, thank you Lucy! (I am looking forward to witty and sarcastic reactions!)

@victorhugoeh974 3 года назад

I loved this lesson on British humour. I'm still laughing 🙊😂🤣 It's said that William Shakespeare had some argument with one of his rivals once and ended it up by saying: "I'd challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed"

@isiteckaslike 5 лет назад

Great video. Regarding innuendoes, I remember a friend who worked in a carpet and flooring shop serving a customer who quite seriously said "I would like my back passage covered in lino" to which my friend replied in a completely deadpan manner "Of course madam, we all have our preferences". 😎

@paultsworld 4 года назад

It’s funny because she didn’t mean her poop thingy

@lindamcgregor4080 Год назад

I was born in England and came to Australia 🇦🇺 when I was 12 years old. So I can understand most of the dry humour. My oldest son was born here and we always share humour, we call ours, black humour. We would only share this between ourselves or with friends that know us well. A lot of it could be classed as dry humour. My recently deceased dad who was also raised in England had a great sense of humour. On the other hand ✋ my mother has absolutely none and takes things quite literally and can get quite angry about it sometimes. I feel proud that I, and my son inherited dad's sense of humour.

@jukes243 Год назад

Take it easy on your mum. Your dad is dead. Your mum is not.

@GoldenRing2023 10 месяцев назад

@@jukes243...

@Corndog642 Год назад

I’m American and love British humor! I picked up dry humor as a child and just reveled in the sarcasm. It was all the more entertaining when my American friends didn’t get it. It was almost a secret language. Those that did get it found me quite clever and silly and we would play with words and laugh and laugh. I may have irritated others who did not get it. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@notgadot Год назад

Brilliant mate!

@Pwecko 4 года назад

One of my English teachers used to make the same joke every so often: "On the other hand, there are four fingers and a thumb".

@Charlotte-uh8wm 4 года назад

lol

@gswcooper7162 4 года назад

I've actually occasionally done something a bit similar - "But on reflection...it's a mirror"

@gabor6259 4 года назад

I'm curious, thumbs are not considered fingers in English? Would you say 'I have 8 fingers'?

@L3w157 4 года назад

@@gabor6259 It's really inconsistent on the whole. For example a children's joke might be "how many fingers am I holding up?" "3" "no, it's 2 fingers and a thumb".

@Pimp-Master 3 года назад

That sounds like a Steve Allen joke of substiuting implausible for plausable implausibly.

@Pond721 4 года назад

"They're so easy to slip in anywhere" genuinely don't know if that was intended or not when talking about innuendos but it was funny

@1surfer12 3 года назад

I'm sure she said "Innuendo is the big one you can slip in anywhere".

@butcherjsy8 3 года назад

The only time I deliver witty puns normally is when they are completely unintentional (many a time I've acted all cool as if I was that smart...). It's like my subconscious is far smarter than my conscious mind...

@thevo4100 2 года назад

My favourite sarcasm is when someone will just say 'Amazing' or 'Well good' in the most dead-pan, emotionless way possible in response to something that is bad or bad news; in response to someone trying to brag or show off or in response to someone being a bit too enthusiastic about something. Timing is essential and it is said 'under your breath' in order to only be heard by partucular parties. It must be dropped only rarely and when appropriate, usually, when nobody else is talking because they're thinking the same thing. They, however, will have to try NOT to laugh in order to be polite because the person being mocked didn't hear you.

@kenhobbs5903 Год назад

I take issue with Lucy: while irony is as saying the opposite of what you mean, sarcasm is simply abuse e.g "you idiot" =sarcasm, "hitting your thumb with the hammer was really clever" = irony. (Native speaker of more than 70 years).

@light.spanish 2 года назад

Absolutely! Being in the UK I have been shocked about how many innuendos you can find on TV. Something impossible in my culture! Excellent video! I keep learning and someday hopefully I will be called witty without sarcasm.

@pch2230 2 года назад

The funeral story reminded me of a service I went to. The lady who'd died had known she was terminally ill, so she wrote a letter to be read to mourners. Her husband, Stephen, entered the pulpit, opened the letter and read: "Stephen, you know how you always complain I've got have the last word?..."

@Zenocrat Год назад

That is funny, touching, and quite beautiful! I think I would have cry laughed if I was there.

@hughmungus1767 Год назад

A great example of humour at a funeral is John Cleese's speech at Graham Chapman's funeral, which you can find on RU-vid. There is some profanity in it so be careful not to play it at work unless you're wearing a headset. Here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CkxCHybM6Ek.html

@Sorarse 4 года назад

"You're very witty." Oh, thanks. "That was sarcasm!"

@khatuna801 4 года назад

hahahaha

@miruzzu7441 3 года назад

@Ho-mb2wb 3 года назад

My response would be "You're very sarcastic...that was sarcasm"

@Guljot1976 3 года назад

Oooooooooooooh

@jamieralph459 3 года назад

Brilliance

@lisamariee3546 2 года назад

British humor is wonderful! A lot of us Americans really enjoy that kind of dry sarcasm you describe. I remember watching lots of British programming as a kid. Comedies, dramas, cartoons etc. They were some of my favorite things to watch. Especially Babaar, Monty Python, Mr Bean, Ab Fab, and maybe one or two other shows that I can't think of off the top of my head. All thanks to networks like PBS and HBO. Some of our cable providers even offered the BBC. I was also exposed to Canadian programming which I had no idea wasn't American at the time. I think for Americans who grew up in coastal cities where this is a lot of diversity, there's a sense of being a citizen of the world and not just American.

@nataliazborowska5461 2 года назад

I discovered your channel today and I feel the need to say that I really liked your personality. It usually takes me a while to decide if I like someone, I'm always skeptical of people, but I liked you right away. This is something new for me 😅

@romycullen17 4 года назад

her explaining double meaning: "....so easy to slip in" me: hehehehehe

@MayaBishopStan 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@joyfulbeing596 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@ashleycrystal9719 3 года назад

😅😅

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 3 года назад

That is _DEEP..._ 😉

@LilLizzy62 3 года назад

said the actress to the bishop

@derjoerg1 2 года назад

As a German I can confirm we have a lot of witty banter going on. No, we don't. Back to work.

@11laila11 Год назад

😂😂😂

@stevenobles Год назад

But there’s definitely a culture of puns in the naming of hairdressers’ shops in Germany. Ist eine haarige Sache

@reasonerenlightened2456 Год назад

What is in this video is for rich or not poor people. The poor think about where my food would come from today.

@nathandouvier1976 Год назад

@@stevenobles I do not know enough German to understand. If you could educate me on the meaning I would be grateful.

@coderebel3568 Год назад

@@nathandouvier1976 My german isn't great but as far as I understand it's something like "It's a hairy business".. Hairy usually being used in such a way to mean it's a shady business or sensitive issue or subject. I wonder about that 'shady business' as a name for a company selling sunglasses or sun screens for windows.

@mr22guy Год назад

My SO loves my innuendo. It is a HUGE part of me. I can slip it in anywhere and it always makes her giggle.

@the1khronohs40 Год назад

As a Norwegian I couldn’t agree more. British humor is immensly important to me, as we lost ours about two generations ago. Apart from very, very select few people. My favourite place for dreadlocks (hairstyle) is in the UK. It’s called Dawn of the Dread!

@puteriaisyah9197 Год назад

i LOVE british humor!!! n im a singaporean

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 4 месяца назад

I have read books about the occupation of Norway, how small acts of resistance were carried out all the time, such as placing a huge number of flowers in the tumb of a British soldier. And how just after the invasion the King was whisked away along with the central bank's entire gold bullion, brave people.

@elyandoly 3 года назад

Who else is British but still watches these videos?😂

@mikedakin2016 3 года назад

I do but with the sound off!

@elyandoly 3 года назад

@@mikedakin2016 okay....that’s random but I love it! 😂

@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108 3 года назад

I need this video. I’m not even a foreign speaker, I’m just bad at humour. Also, maybe @mike dakin is learning lip-reading?

@elyandoly 3 года назад

@@ihopeicanchangethisnamelat7108 yes, I thought they might be, and I need them too lol 😂

@truefeux3218 3 года назад

I just wanna see Americans try hard to prove that their humour is somewhat decent to be shown up by us brits

@Granniopteryx 3 года назад

Punny names for shops: Chinese restaurant I used to pass on my way to work - "Wok This Wei".

@kathleenpang7138 3 года назад

In Malaysia (or Spore?) we ate very (VERY) rich food at the restaurant Mah King Phat ;)

@ceejay3054 3 года назад

Chinese Restaurant I saw in Ireland: Soon Phat. True story.

@michaelstamper5875 3 года назад

Coffin and de Ath, undertakers.

@chairmakerPete 3 года назад

Chinese restaurant that used to be on the King's Road called "Ho Lee Fook".

@anEyePhil 3 года назад

@@chairmakerPete Wun Hung Lo

@tonyharriman1189 2 года назад

Love your Channel. This Brit-living-in-America gave up a long time ago trying to explain the many levels of British humour. All of your stuff is terribly refreshing.

@jennifercox225 2 года назад

The best example of British people styoopid enough to delude themselves into thinking that their comedy is some sort of genius even though it is largely mediocre, bland, predictable and often terbl

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 4 месяца назад

It is hard for us to really get all that understatement.

@danhogan4093 2 года назад

My mother in law hated cut flowers, live ones were fine. At her funeral, her husband's union sent a beautiful cut rose blanket for the coffin. A daughter said: mom would die if she saw this! Gotta love gallows humor. By the way, I laughed at all but the sausage one, I had never heard that idiom so it was lost here. Great vid.

@rebeccabriggs9452 Год назад

It's a stereotypical sentence used by "true lads" as in "I'd love to give her one" Meaning they'd love to slip their sausage in. interestingly there's also a sign that truckers apparently use whereby they put one arm inside the crook of their elbow as they lift their other arm and make a fist with the upraised hand. I've heard it said that this also means "I wanna give you one" aka.. I want to give you my "sausage"

@coffeetimestudies1643 3 года назад

I come from Italy and I swear one of the reasons I feel at home here in the UK is because of the sense of humour - it matches mine completely without even trying:)

@HolyMith 4 года назад

In glasgow we have a furniture shop called "Sofa King Cheap"

@thomashumphries7859 4 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Whiskey may have been involved in naming that shop 🤣

@mattgoodman9830 4 года назад

LOL

@Riku-Leela 4 года назад

Amazing lol

@gswcooper7162 4 года назад

We have a hair salon on our high road that used to be called Debonhair. It's since ruined the joke by dropping the H from its name to just be Debonair. xD

@fatles2008 4 года назад

Like it

@GB-ez6ge Год назад

I'm from Boston and our [lack of a] sense of humour, for obvious reasons, is influenced by the Irish and, to some extent, by you defeated Britons. I now live in Northern VA and I've learned to temper my humour quite a bit to avoid humiliating or confusing 'the locals'. However, once I explained to two co-workers how I'd told my son, now that he was entering 3rd grade, he would be sent to West Virginia every weekend to work in the coal mines. My co-workers were shocked that I would say such a thing to my son. "How did he react?" one implored fiercely. My answer was simple and, to me, obvious: "he laughed his brains out" (figuratively, not literally).

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 4 месяца назад

I will never forget this American joke. Bob Dole was campaigning for president, yet the media trashed him for his old age. So one day he said: "Well, I am told I am too old to run, and it's true: I would not ever again want to see the dinosaurs."

@mariaritamargarido873 2 года назад

In my country we use a lot of this types of humor!! Love British humor!! And your teacher saying that to your father, oh, awesome!! You're so awesome!!

@TimRuffle 4 года назад

A young lady walked into a pub. "Evening Miss", said the landlord, "What can I get you?" "I'd like a double entendre please", she said so he gave her one.

@natalietedenbrant5319 4 года назад

This is from a Swedish news paper. The paper asked a few people to answer this question: "Do you care whether or not items you buy are made by children?" A woman: Yes, children don't have a sense for quality. You can tell from the products. So dark but that's why it's funny.😂

@Farweasel 4 года назад

Natalie, if you like that you will love the Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle - He's on most of the 'Mock the Week' shows. You can find then on You Tube, plus his own shows.

@JettyBuilder 4 года назад

Natalie Tedenbrant not funny, just like Dutch humour

@AllAboutNightcore 4 года назад

@@JettyBuilder As a Dutch person, yea that was funny. I love dark humour

@natalietedenbrant5319 4 года назад

@@AllAboutNightcore You and me both! I guess i'd feel right at home in the Netherlands! ;)

@kdyusi3876 4 года назад

@@natalietedenbrant5319 i found that funny, i m not european tho

@daviddrew7852 Год назад

I saw Lucy on the beach in the summer. I was flattered when she described me as a bit of a looker, although if I'm honest the actual word she used was voyeur. She's articulate like that.

@deadandburied7626 2 месяца назад

The irony of your narcisstic misinterpretation is hilarious 😂

@461645 2 года назад

Hi. I'm brazilian... But once a friend said to me: "your humor is soooooo british". And i came here to understand what he meant and I gotta tell you... your father's comment at the funeral made me laugh sooooo out loud.

@yodef6828 3 года назад

I think te simple fact that a video explaining British humour exists is enough to make a British person laugh

@HarryOliverx 3 года назад

Im not british but i definitely laughed from this video alot, 💀

@georgercop 4 года назад

2:49 "You do know what irony is, don't you, Baldrick?" "Of course, sir. It's like goldy and bronzey only it's made of iron..."

@deadandburied7626 2 месяца назад

The genius of Ben Elton

@akiensio425 Год назад

At a family gathering, I listened to a matter-of-fact discussion about a motorized bed. A person had purhased it and told how it can be adjusted to make it comfortable. Someone asked if the bed can be tilted sideways. And I added: The catapult could also be a handy feature ... if you oversleep. (Correct my writing, I'm Finnish)

@paulafreitas4352 Год назад

I'm a Brazilian Woman and honestly this sense of humour sounds so familiar to me and my Brazilians" Fellows kk We usually call of "deboche" and it means a ironic/sarcast perspective of ourselves and everything around us That's peculiar point of view would be consider a Idiomatic Expression or only a Culture"s habit? Thanks for your blessed videos on this period my life that is going to resume my studies in English; very happy to found you (not contain ironic) I really apreciate your generosity on share knowledge and good Sense of humour; sorry about grammar mistakes but is just the beggining of a new stage of my life

@expressoevangelism80 3 года назад

I just love the idea of the vicar delivering the sermon from the cockpit. They can be very high minded at times.

@PhilBagels 2 года назад

But often quite plane-spoken.

@dianakonig2988 5 лет назад

I always wondered why people were so confused about British humour and never understood why it's considered different, but after this video I realized it's just very close to German humour😂

@EinApoStein 5 лет назад

sicher?

@kidinthekelp5570 5 лет назад

@@EinApoStein ziemlich

@dianakonig2988 5 лет назад

@Olivia H yeah right?😂

@paulplus3830 5 лет назад

Agreed.

@henriettewilling8058 5 лет назад

Ja, beinah identisch!

@John-te4ei Год назад

My British friend told me recently that King Charles III have a very good sense of humor. Her Majesty the queen certainly did. It is good that he appreciates a joke every now and then.

@kck9742 Год назад

So once I slipped on a plastic, somewhat slippery "No diving" sign at the edge of my community pool and fell in. I was laughing so hard... appreciated the irony!

@smokeless7774 4 года назад

"I hear your wife's got the flu. Is that her coughin' ? "No, I'm building a rabbit hutch."

@agnes15101968 4 года назад

It was the cough that carried her off. It was the coffin they carried her off in.

@nopenope1305 3 года назад

You two got me 😂😂😂

@aimeejane_writings 3 года назад

😂😂😂

@johnholzhey8149 3 года назад

Bazinga!

@ashleycrystal9719 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@lft3636 3 года назад

We also have play on words in the Philippines. There’s a barbecue stall named “Grilling me softly with his song”, a laundry shop named “Summa CumLaundry” and a tailor shop named “James Tailor”

@stariadreamtea 3 года назад

I love those! 💞

@netgnostic1627 Год назад

Canadian here. I and my friends were lucky - in our early teens (the early '70s) we started listening to my friend's older brother's Monty Python records. We spent many hours doing this, and became big fans. We watched every British comedy movie and show we could, and I really love British humour. Monty Python is still the best of all, though. So glad John Cleese is still active as a comedian - I hope he outlives me so I never have to get by without his humour.

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 4 месяца назад

What about the Canadian man who is famous in China for his humor while telling jokes in Mandarin? He must be your very best.

@sirendall Год назад

In my home town the Millets store, which for the uninitiated is an outdoor clothing and camping store, had a great witty window pun that has always stuck with me - "Now is the winter of our discount tents"

@raymngrewal8998 3 года назад

"Beautifull faded out, Mary" Literally the best At this situation

@Ron.S. 2 года назад

I’d be dead laughing

@utha2665 2 года назад

That was pretty funny, something my family would have said too, I reckon.

@annarose4233 5 лет назад

British humour: *leaves the house* *comes back coz u forgot something* Parents say : wow that was quick (Thx for the likes!

@GTChucker86 4 года назад

Black Diamond it is an example tho

@mandeep3.14 4 года назад

This made me laaauuuggghhh cos we joke like that all the time

@BramLastname 4 года назад

@@blackdiamond4859 it isn't supposed to be, That's their whole thing, It isn't inherently funny, But you can still crack a smile.

@BramLastname 4 года назад

@@mandeep3.14 same, Apparently it's a very European thing to do, I don't know how much truth there is to that, But I know the Dutch and Flemish Also use that kind of humour often.

@Emma-ri7gk 4 года назад

We say that in France too, i think it's indeed a very European thing to do :)

@Author-dad-veteran 4 месяца назад

I’m a Brit living in the US and have tried explaining all this, but it’s not easy. Normally I point them to comedians, which might support your well explained points. Puns= Tim Vine, Wit= Lee Mack, sarcasm = blackadder, Banter= mock the week, Double entandre= Alan Carr, and you missed shock humor (see Frankie Boyle or Jimmy Carr) and slapstick, (Lee Evans/any 1980’s sitcom)

@johnnyk7480 Год назад

Miss Lucy, your explanation on British humor reminds me how beautiful is this language I use daily.

@xeanfrost901 3 года назад

This video is so british my cup of tea stood up and saluted.

@maxsimilion8193 3 года назад

Thats because you still cant tell the difference between British and English.

@ajp_3391 2 года назад

@@maxsimilion8193 Nah mate English is not that American gibberish

@rayjennie 3 года назад

After my Father's funeral we were expected to leave via a staircase, my aging Mother could not manage the stairs so they guided her to a lift with stainless steel doors, I said quite loudly, "don't fall for it, they are the oven doors", at least the Undertaker laughed.

@alemesh1052 2 года назад

I think I’m very chatty today🤣😂. One more thing: Every time I watch your video I learn something, usually a lot and I jot them down on my notebooks. I always cite the source and say-THAT’S Lucy’s! Thank you, once more 🙏🙏🙏

@mistresskupo 2 года назад

I'm English but live in the States. My very British dad (who never left the UK) was a big Buddy Holly fan. We figured the best way to give him a good send-off would be with a Buddy Holly song. People thought the wrong tape had been put in when "That'll Be the Day" played and his casket moved behind a curtain. Dad would have wanted some humor :)

@kittymama615 3 года назад

Child, seeing a picture of a toad: “Do toads croak, Daddy?” Father: “Eventually.”

@bboooddalfagih8251 3 года назад

😂 😂

@cheneethompson5756 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@susiechoban1542 4 года назад

“They’re easy to stick anywhere,” says Lucy, talking about innuendo. Needless to say, I might have shed a few tears laughing 😂

@mrdaveh61 4 года назад

She asked for an inuendo. So I gave her one. (the old ones are always the best)

@dmitritrotsenko7819 Год назад

thank you for explaining this mysterious and confusing at times phenomenon called British humour, Lucy. I enjoyed watching your fascinating video and listening to you speak in a perfect British English.

@tommiojamo3564 Год назад

I remember coming to UK in 2000 & spending 7 years there. All kind of funny things happened. My British mates used to say "Que? Que?" sometimes as I had just spent couple of months in the country. I later understood where it came from. Good example of this lesson. The sitcom is funny too. Anyway, I later ended up with 20 americans in the same class as I studied in Tel Aviv and I have definitely picked up something from UK as the Americans found me very sarcastic. Very nice video.

@stacyrussell460 3 года назад

Years back, my sister was asking my dad about a sneaker (trainers to you) shop named Sneaking In. She asked if Sneaking In was cheaper than other shops. His deadpan answer: Not if you get caught. That story is still told among family with so much fondness & humor. Miss my Dad so much, may he rest in peace.

@notadoctorshh6544 3 года назад

💕

@kukladbob1 3 года назад

Does he still sneak in at night? And freak y'all out!!!

@BrianC1664 2 года назад

That's pretty good for an instant on-the-spot response, sounds like he was fun to be around.

@stacyrussell460 2 года назад

@@BrianC1664 he was pretty quick witted indeed

@bobholmes4215 2 года назад

Doesn't really matter if you're good at sneaking out.

@MrIncorr3ct 3 года назад

Here in Scotland, we are the kings of Self Deprecation, it's not humor tho. At least we are good at something

@stewartmackay 3 года назад

I'm the vice-president of the Scotland football team supporters suicide watch.

@tristacker 3 года назад

Yes but in most cases you are quite correct.

@CallmeOzymandias 2 года назад

I'd fit right in then haha

@mothiurNCL 2 года назад

A sarcastic humour by a Scottish heritage American.

@lpanzieri 2 года назад

This one reminded me of Trainspotting

@prunusjuniper Год назад

Goodness, I love Lucy! She is clever, on point, gorgeous and delightful. And I'm a 71 year old granny!! Go Lucy! I'm recommending you to my non native English speaking friends.

@ldkellandshaw 2 года назад

As a Brit that has been in Georgia, US for nearly a decade. I wish I could get all of my American friends to watch this video. Even after 9 years I struggle not to let out my British humor. I don’t think that will ever change.

@jennifercox225 2 года назад

The best example of British people styoopid enough to delude themselves into thinking that their comedy is some sort of genius even though it is largely mediocre, bland, predictable and often terbl .

@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq 4 месяца назад

Terry Eagleton, who himself has a great sense of humor, argues that this lack of understanding for British humor comes the fact that the United States began as a Puritan society. In "Across the Pond," he even reports detecting belief in predestination, à la Calvin, in the US.

@andik70 4 года назад

So would British consider the following funny: There is a new verb in the language: 'to brexit', meaning: to say farewell but not leaving

@jenwroath3392 4 года назад

"Bye" "Right, gotta shoot" "See ya later" "Right, I've genuinely gotta head off now!" "I'm brexiting, aren't I?"

@gowdsake7103 4 года назад

Ummm NO

@drey8 4 года назад

Brexit is what happens to a Yorkshireman's phone when he drops it. God that's so old now.

@IraklyShanidze00X 4 года назад

well, actually, to brexit is not just to say farewell, but doing it loudly with a lot of commotion, and of course not leaving.

@lotharschepers2240 4 года назад

Brexit has changed to oooorrrrddddeeeerrrrr, if I had got Mr. Bercow right on that.

@Chloe-hf9ec 4 года назад

Self deprecation is a sign of confidence in the UK. If you're so comfortable in your own skin that you can completely rip it to shreds in conversation, that's a good thing :)

@blazeandcyrus 2 года назад

British humour is considered very good and rightly so. Puns and word play is so great and makes conversations so fun.

@budhawley Год назад

Lucy, I am from NEW England (Vermont, actually) and totally relate to just about every one of your types of humor. Excellent!

@rubythebes8757 3 года назад

Thank you for the video! I am Greek and I just realised that my grandma had the absolute English touch of humour ! She used eloquently and deftly all kinds of humour you just described and she was absolutely witty!!! The remarks she made and the speed of her responses would leave some of us (especially the person who wanted to tease) stunned but most of us burst into laughing tears! She was a kind hearted woman who could turn the worst situation into a hilarious joke!