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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2684535, member: 19463&quot;]As a general rule, jokes do not go well when translated.&nbsp; That even means when they pass between two people with a common language but a vastly different background.&nbsp; Bing and I are more likely to understand each other&#039;s jokes because we are old guys who spent time in the Army.&nbsp; We need to be a bit more careful when joking with people from the UK and even more with those for whom English is a second language even if their abilities in English enable them to teach it in college.&nbsp; All languages have idioms that can be misinterpreted and make what was intended in fun turn ugly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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