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 A tentative blog to test the temperature. |
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Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end. So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.     |
| Joker The Question of the Day today concerns our favourite joke. It’s an odd question really, because jokes are ten a penny and few recommend themselves as somehow better than all the others. So we answer the question with the one that pops immediately to mind - usually one that we’ve heard recently and so remember. But most of us have a store of a few jokes that, for some reason have stuck and been remembered through the years. There are jokes that I remember from very early in my school career, for instance. And they’re all pretty weak and probably don’t deserve retaining. So undiscerning is the memory. I do, however, have one joke that is a treasured friend and was often hauled out to regale friends with at a party. It is unconscionably long and repetitive (what used to be called “a shaggy dog story” in fact) and I tell it because it’s an opportunity to use my admittedly atrocious American accent (southern of course - it’s the easiest to mangle). As a result, it could be regarded as a favourite. Now that I am in America, I seldom tell the joke, mainly because Andrea pointed out that I was seriously mispronouncing a certain word. I dare say that there are many other hopelessly mispronounced words in my repertoire but this one is particularly close to my heart. Andrea is bound to be right and the correct pronunciation of the word “mountain” in Hillbilly is “mount’n,” but it’s not nearly as funny as saying it as “moun-TAIN.” With a suitable twang, of course. It’s like the question, “What’s the definition of ‘bison’ in Birmingham (England)?” The answer is “Something you wash your hands in.” It’s the way you say the word that is funny. And that’s why I enjoy the joke and telling it in my bogus American accent. It’s funny and if it includes all sorts of mispronunciations, why, that makes it even funnier. And that’s all I have to say on the subject. If you want to read the joke, head on over to QOTD. Word count: 346 |
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