Jokes and anecdotes

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Jokes and anecdotes

• Vilja Lige
• Tallinn Pedagogical College, Teacher of English
• /Tallinna Pedagoogiline Seminar
• Inglise keele õpetaja/
• Juhendaja Mart Abro
• Õppematerjal /Naljad ja anekdoodid/ kasutamiseks
  noorsootöö tudengitele loominguliseks vahelduseks
  90-min.tunnis
• This material is meant for the students of Youth
  Work as a creative and amusing part of the lesson
  of 90 minutes

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Definitions

• Anecdote-
• a short story based on your experience /Longman
  Dictionary/
• a short account of some interesting or humorous
  incident /The American Heritage Dictionary/
• Joke-
• To say things that are intended to be funny
  /Longman Dictionary/
• An amusing story , incident or situation /The
  American Heritage Dictionary/

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Themes of Anecdotes

• Family
• Work
• Couples, love, sex
• Children
• School
• Army
• Food
• Old people
• Diseases

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How anecdotes are built up

• Form of question and answer
• Play on words
• Two parts, surprising or unexpected end

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Theme Family Examples (Questions-answers)

• Who introduced you to your wife? We just met.
  I cant blame anyone.
• What do you and your wife fight about all the
  time? I dont know.She wont tell me.
• What do you want for Christmas, honey? A
  divorce.
• Did you get rid of your old dishwasher? Yes, I
  divorced him.
• What makes you think your husband is getting
  tired of you? He hasnt been home for seven
  years.
• You are wearing your wedding ring on the wrong
  finger. I know. I married the wrong man.

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Examples (two parts)

• All men are not homeless, but some are home less
  than others.
• My wifes hobby is making things- like mountains
  out of molehills.
• I take my wife out every night- but she keeps
  coming back.
• I never knew what happiness was until I got
  married- and then it was too late.
• Family isnt a word, its a sentence.
• A smart husband is one who thinks twice before
  saying nothing.

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Do you know some more jokes and anecdotes?

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Tasks

• Decide which are familiar, new, interesting, why?
• Choose an anecdote and write a paragraph
  developing the idea.
• Translate some anecdotes. Why are some of them
  difficult or even impossible to translate?
  (Polisemy)

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Thank you for having fun with me!

• SEE YOU LATER,
• ALLIGATOR!