Chatterbox #329 – What makes you laugh? Part 2
Culips Everyday English Podcast
Culips English Podcast
4.8 • 968 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
What you will learn:
* Vocabulary and expressions related to humor and comedy.
* Why some people might be naturally funnier than others.
* How language learners can become more comfortable using humor, even when it's difficult.
How you will improve your English with this episode
* Grow your understanding of cultural and linguistic differences in humor.
* Improve your listening skills by following a natural conversation between two native speakers.
* Learn to recognize different types of humor, such as deadpan and self-deprecating.
Important links:
* Become a Culips member
* Study with the interactive transcript
* Join the Culips Discord server
* Small-group discussion class schedule (member only)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone. My name is Andrew. And my name is Anna. And you're listening to the |
| 0:08.4 | Culeps English podcast. cast. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome back to Chatterbox. I'm Andrew, a Canadian who is based in Seoul, South Korea, |
| 0:21.0 | and in just a moment I'll be joined by my British co-host Anna who is based in |
| 0:26.2 | Spain. In this second part of our episode about comedy we continue our discussion about how humor translates across different languages and |
| 0:35.9 | cultures. If you haven't heard part one yet, Chatterbox episode 328, then I'd highly recommend that you go back and listen to that part of the |
| 0:46.6 | conversation first because well it's always best to start at the start right so if you |
| 0:51.7 | haven't heard that episode yet, go back and listen now. We'll |
| 0:54.9 | link that for you in the episode description. In today's episode, we'll talk about the challenges |
| 1:00.9 | and nuances of trying to be funny while speaking in a second language. |
| 1:06.6 | Have you ever tried this? |
| 1:07.5 | Have you ever tried telling a joke in English? |
| 1:10.5 | How did that go? |
| 1:11.5 | I'd love to hear about your experience and you can let me know how it went in our discord community. |
| 1:16.8 | Anna will share her experiences with trying to be funny while speaking Spanish and I'll talk about my attempts and my failed attempts at |
| 1:25.5 | humor in Korean. We'll also talk about the moments when our jokes didn't quite land |
| 1:31.2 | and we'll share our thoughts about how comedy can sometimes bridge or widen |
| 1:37.0 | cultural gaps. And then finally we'll talk about understanding a culture's humor and how that can be a key part of learning the language and integrating into the culture more fully. |
| 1:48.0 | For Q-ups members, guys, there's an extra 10 minutes of bonus content for you in the ad-free version of this episode, |
| 1:56.7 | where we get into these topics and talk about them even more. |
| 2:00.4 | If you're not a member yet, then I highly recommend signing up and becoming one. |
| 2:05.0 | You'll get access to all of our bonus content, along with helpful study guides, interactive transcripts, and, and much more. |
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