Sat 7 Nov, 2009 07:56 pm - [quote]In the second joke, is the point of the joke ironic in that the neighbor is a miser, but the caller does not want to be thought of as a miser for not lending him his newspaper? [/quote]
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Sat 7 Nov, 2009 08:52 am - The original joke is from the most popular story magazine in China: Stories published by Shanghai Literature and Art Group. You may click www.storychina.com.cn, but it has Chinese version only.
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Fri 6 Nov, 2009 11:39 pm - [quote]I think the point is that it would be considered miserly in China to refuse to allow your neighbor to borrow your newspaper (is that true?). [/quote]
Yes, that is the point! That... (view)
Fri 6 Nov, 2009 11:35 pm - I am delighted and encouraged by so many replies here. I will take time to reply one by one. In the past hours, my network connection was troubled, it seems, by worm virus and ran in a deadly... (view)
Fri 6 Nov, 2009 11:32 pm - Right on Bori. I've tried to translate a bunch of Englsih jokes into Chinese and my folks didn't think they were funny.
For example, there are many jokes in the section of Jokes and... (view)
Fri 6 Nov, 2009 04:23 am - [size=150] Here goes the second joke.
Any comment and editing will be appreciated.[/size]
[b]Please Do not Publish the Story[/b]
Translated by OristarA
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Thu 5 Nov, 2009 11:51 pm - You got it. But how to edit the joke in English so that every English native speakers will get it at once and Pan's situation will not be repeated? (view)