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Humour sense



Humour

What is humour?temper: a characteristic (habitual or relativelytemporary) to be in the same mood me depended on histemper at the time"; "he was in a bad humor"wit: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill orincongruity has the power to evoke laughterdetermine your emotional and physical state; "thehumors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile"

liquid body substance: the liquid parts of the bodyhumor: the quality of being funny; "I fail to see thehumor in it"humor: put into a good mood



irony

What is irony?The term humour is derived from a Greekword that means one who dissembles.There are three important kinds of irony,each of which signals a difference betweenappearance and reality.Verbal Irony: Verbal humour involvesfigures of speech, in which what is said isnot what is meant.



D ear God, thank you for making mehealthy. Can you also make me sexy? If you can't make me sexy, please make allmy friends fat. Amen.

"mr.clark,i'm afraid i hav bad news,"the doctor tod hs anxiouspatient."U hav 6 six months 2 live! the man sat in stunnedsilence 4 several mins.regainin announced that he had posiblypay u in that time"he said."ok,"the doctor said"lets make it 9months.



What is the difference between alocomotive engineer and a teacher?One minds the train, the other trains themind.

When is an English teacher like a judge?When she hands out long sentences .



What makes us laugh?o Feeling a sense of dancing

o Being surprised by incongruityo Seeing our own frustrations

reflected back at us by someone.



Synonyms

Irony, sarcasm, satire indicate mockery of smth or someone.

Irony differs from sarcasm in greater subtletyand wit.

In sarcasm ridicule or mockery is used harshly,fir destructive purposes



T e ene its o wor p aceh u mo u r

a cop ing mec h an ism

a negot iat ion fac ilitator

a comm u n icat ion instr u ment

a cogn it ive tool

a mot ivator

a creat ive force

a stress d iff u ser

an a id to learn ing

a c h ange agent

a compet it ive ad vantage



It is appropriate to use humour in

the workplace when:the situation is socially appropriatethe humour is well timed and tied to the task at hand

the employee has a strong relationship with the other person

the employee aims the humour at himself or herself the humour is used to poke fun at a situation but not atanother person or group.the employee has established his or her work ethic,competence to do the task or undertake the role allocatedbefore using humour or a lighter style.



it is not appropriate to use humour

when:it is nice , crude, physically done orcounterproductive.other people are the butt of a joke or when it is used

to wound individuals.jokes or puns are made at the expense of either sex, or any ethnic, religious, national or

racial groupit suggests that the initiator is importan



C omedy is one way to u nderstand ot h ercu lt u res

irony often mirrors deeper culturalperceptions and offers us a powerful device tounderstand culturally shaped ways of thinkingand feeling," D riessen stated.



Language and lexis used in humour

Collocation-the relation with other words

Idioms-expression is fixed

Phrasel verbs-contains a verb+particle



Whats the difference between a man and a superman?ans manwears underwear in the trouser and superman wears it over the

trouser.



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