"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>> Ah, sarcasm. Something America will apparently never understand...
>>
>> I dunno... I think we get sarcasm pretty well.
>
> It's strange, really. There are a lot of American films that are very 
> funny. And yet, all the American people that I have personally interacted 
> with don't seem to comprehend what "humour" actually is. Like, they 
> literally can't comprehend jokes. They think you're being completely 
> serious. It's really weird...

My guess is that the problem's root is xenophobia coupled with 
provincialism, in a lot of cases. Culturally, we've got both pretty bad over 
here. I'm not sure what it stems from, since so many people come and go 
through here from everwhere.

The picture of the American tourist in another country speaking English 
(okay, well, what we call English, anyway) veeeeeeeery slowly so the other 
fella will understand him is, sadly, not a complete cartoon.

--
Jack

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