British Humour Explained (with examples)

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Why is it so hard to fit in with Brits? Well, it might be our humour (or humor if you're from the US!) Let me help you out! Here is British Humour 101 :) Get your FREE PDF and exercise pack here 👉🏼 ex.ewl.info/pdf153
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
0:29 FREE PDF
01:15 Irony
02:52 Sarcasm
04:24 LanguaTalk
05:18 Self-deprecation
06:33 Wit
07:35 Innuendo
08:41 The pun
10:13 FREE PDF
10:49 OUTRO
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@EnglishwithLucy 29 күн бұрын

I hope that clarified some things 😅 Fon't forget to get your FREE PDF and exercise pack _here_ 👉🏼 ex.ewl.info/pdf153 🗣Free LanguaTalk trial and $10 lesson credit here 👉🏼 ex.ewl.info/languatalk (message the support team with HUMOUR10 after your first purchase!) - *Ad/Affiliate

@shafeequllahsatari2094 29 күн бұрын

How ironic that in your pinned comment, the word "Fon't" should be replaced with "don't"! Thank you for the humor boost. 😄

@arzoo468 29 күн бұрын

Dat was intentional...it is another British humour😂

@helenodetroyo7035 29 күн бұрын

HELLO MY CUTE TEACHER LUCY! 🥰🥰🥰🫂

@voozoo1606 29 күн бұрын

Sugar, What kind of wood doesn't float??🤔🤔🤔🤔 Answer/punchline-----> Natalie WOOD!! Why?? She drowned!!🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

@grahamj9101 28 күн бұрын

@@voozoo1606 Now that's sick humour! Lucy didn't cover that, perhaps because she thought it would be in bad taste. So here's a very British one from years ago, following Donald Campbell's fatal crash on Coniston Water, attempting to break the world water speed record. "They're boiling up the water from Coniston Water and canning it. It's called Campbell's Condensed Soup!" And another one from the other side of the pond: "But apart from that, did you enjoy the play, Mrs Lincoln?"

@ayeshaasad-ok6wf 29 күн бұрын

My friend at math class:"Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet."

@Chethakmp3 29 күн бұрын

Hahahaha

@kristianamrhein3775 29 күн бұрын

That,s a fact.......lol

@felaperez6480 29 күн бұрын

Did you go to vote? 🙂

@yann1013 29 күн бұрын

The guy who said that was probably high on potenus

@mylign 28 күн бұрын

maths*

@nyusa74 29 күн бұрын

I’m on a seafood diet. I see food and I eat it.

@Chethakmp3 29 күн бұрын

Hahahahaha

@zackzack1141 27 күн бұрын

Hhhh

@veronikakalashnikova4605 25 күн бұрын

Best joke ever

@franciscopina2899 25 күн бұрын

Yup... that's me alright 😂

@andreapicon2097 24 күн бұрын

😁

@Javier.M. 29 күн бұрын

- Is it raining ? - No, my clothes just comes pre-wet to help me adapt to winter faster.

@user-no2mz9hl4f 28 күн бұрын

Nice one! Just remember that clothes *come* but clothing *comes.*

@hazelchristina838 29 күн бұрын

My mom had a tooth treatment lately and was in need of a crown for the treated tooth which is basically an artificial material placed on top of damaged tooth she said she must go to get it soon and I started calling it as a coronation ceremony!!!😅😅

@Destiny2097 29 күн бұрын

As a Brit I didn't stop to notice that being British was so complicated!

@rainforestblessed5031 29 күн бұрын

... And so worth it 😍

@Chethakmp3 29 күн бұрын

Hahahaha

@user-si6cw4wk8z 29 күн бұрын

ماذا لو كنتي صينية ؟ ماذا كنتي ستقولين 😅

@Quintessence. 29 күн бұрын

A famous quote from Winston Churchill regarding U.K. Prime Minister Clement Attlee: "He is a modest man with much to be modest about." Churchill also described Attlee as, "a sheep in sheep's clothing." Ouch 🙂

@grahamj9101 27 күн бұрын

@Quintessence. Another story is told about Churchill of when he was invited out to dinner in the States. The turkey was being carved, and he was asked his preference for the meat. Churchill asked for the breast, but was told by his hostess that, in the USA, it was referred to as "the white meat." The following day, a corsage of flowers was delivered for the lady. With it was a note of thanks from Churchill, saying that he would be honoured if she would wear it "on her white meat."

@kptgalangflyheight8908 29 күн бұрын

Monty Python is really good example of british humour and it's my first experience to learn more about british humour.

@grahamj9101 29 күн бұрын

@kptgalangflyheight8908 "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" I can't forget the comfy chair. Not long ago, I was at a meeting in a local pub in a room with hard chairs, except for an upholstered armchair in the corner. Someone referred to the comfy chair, and I exclaimed, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" A few understood and were amused.

@diegfb2001 28 күн бұрын

also IT crowd, Miranda (maybe nobody knows it, I do haha), Mr. Bean, Benny Hill, The Office...

@banjopete 25 күн бұрын

Funny but lacked subtlety.

@hassanalihusseini1717 25 күн бұрын

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam!

@frankgradus9474 25 күн бұрын

I've come over all peckish.

@blue_ranger 29 күн бұрын

A good wit AND sarcasm example in in Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch' film. An inept, wannabe gangster was supposed to buy some guns, but came back to the hideout with replicas, that look just like the real thing, his leader struggles to hide his dismay, and when told, "And I got some extra loud blanks... just in case" he responds with, "In case what? We have to deafen them to death???"

@user-ie8ob6vd8x 28 күн бұрын

One example of British humour I love is about a woman who went to a bar and asked the barman for a double entendre, so he gave her one. I eventually became tired of having to explain it.

@StevenPhillips-vs1im 29 күн бұрын

I heard this on a podcast about politics of Turkey. "What do President Erdogan and Little Miss Muffet have in common?" Answer: "They both have curds in their whey". You'll need to know about Turkish issues to understand this. But it is a good example of humor (I mean humour). :D

@KristopherNoronha 23 күн бұрын

oooh, i got it! Kurds, right?

@jelenacohadzic1962 29 күн бұрын

Dear Lucy, I am from Serbia and we have very similar sense of humour. The sitcoms Only Fools & horses and 'Allo 'Allo! were very (I mean... VERY) popular in my country 😂

@RAUL110459 28 күн бұрын

In all languages, fine humor requires great intelligence from those who say it and those who understand it.

@prva9347 29 күн бұрын

Napoleon Boilerparts is a heating equipment business in Midhurst, West Sussex.

@megapangolin1093 27 күн бұрын

Really? I live there where is it!

@cancjs 29 күн бұрын

A pun that had me laughing was the name of a restaurant..Frying Nemo

@Chethakmp3 29 күн бұрын

Hahahahaha

@ishteerashid5458 29 күн бұрын

😂😂

@user-ew1rh4er3r 25 күн бұрын

😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

@langgs 29 күн бұрын

i adore the british humour as well . make more videos just like this one pls!

@paolamariadimartino6879 29 күн бұрын

A few months ago a customer asked “a breakdown of all the payments with the total costs von f tax and duties” and I replied (for my colleagues only) “I’m having a breakdown right now, couldn’t care less about yours”. It was a stressful period 😅

@Chethakmp3 29 күн бұрын

Haha

@abdullahayoob 21 күн бұрын

I used to watch your videos to learn the language, but now I'm here to relive some good memories. You helped me a lot with my academic studies, especially grammar, and my personal journey learning English. Thank you so much, Lucy. Huge love for you, teacher, from Iraq 🫡🤍

@DirrX3 28 күн бұрын

It is of paramount importance to have a good source of language and puns! English wit: Lucy

@alishehni2003 29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much we absolutely love these "British humour" vidoes!! ❤

@user-mr2ib1wp7i 29 күн бұрын

I'm a graphic designer from Algeria, big respect and like Here to you ma'am and big fun in this video, you put a smile on my face as always 😂❤

@alexandersupertramp5574 17 күн бұрын

I was thrilled, when the stationary shop moved...😁

@scotbotvideos 29 күн бұрын

At 1:50 my preferred example of this is, "don't fall, it gets you down".

@Chethakmp3 29 күн бұрын

Hahaha

@Serendipity-gj2me 29 күн бұрын

Lucy, I really loved the little dance with the click of the fingers at the end of each video Please bring it back.❤

@JennTrotter 29 күн бұрын

Amazing teacher ❤

@Salah_-_Uddin 28 күн бұрын

It was helpful, thanks!

@yujiapan6888 29 күн бұрын

Fantastic topic. I like British humour. Please do more.

@MessiTewele 14 күн бұрын

I love your learning and your exciting voice.

@kanahuanai4059 29 күн бұрын

As a Japanese, the problem is even if I understood the British jokes, I wouldn’t know what to respond to them 😂 I often find British jokes funny but I can’t say anything but laughing, like I don’t know what to respond to ‘Did you have a nice trip?’ We have completely different humour so it’s not only difficult to understand the jokes but also hard to respond to them Also, I found it even harder to understand the jokes when we text because I can’t hear their voices or see their facial expressions 😂 But I really enjoyed the informative video! Thank you Lucy!

@PeterCarruthers-my6tp 28 күн бұрын

You answer, ‘Yes, I’m going back in the Fall.’

@derekmills5394 29 күн бұрын

Two Irish men walk into the Job Centre looking for work. Clerk tells them that a forestry company is looking for tree fellers "You can see yourself there's only the two of us" Sean replied

@Chethakmp3 29 күн бұрын

Hahaha

@grahamj9101 29 күн бұрын

@derekmills5394 You really must be careful about anything that remotely suggests racism these days. But in Ireland a few years ago, I did hear an Irish man ask why the Irish told jokes about themselves. The answer was that so the English were able to understand them.

@Robert-xs2mv 28 күн бұрын

Did not know there were any trees in Ireland………..

@blhlow4904 27 күн бұрын

Sorry, please explain the joke

@Chethakmp3 27 күн бұрын

@@blhlow4904 Hi. I think it's that they were two people looking for a job. The interviewer said that they were looking for tree fellers like people who could collect wood from felling trees. But the applicants heard it as three fellows. It sounds similar. So the person replied they were just two of them not three haha

@bohdana5678 29 күн бұрын

Lucy, I just looove listening to you making bits of British culture so clear. Thanks for doing this in such an engaging manner. Your devoted student from Ukraine 💙💛

@IELTSStudent-oe9mx 27 күн бұрын

This was the best English lesson I have ever had!

@christianradaj3020 29 күн бұрын

Humour can also be a product of the differences between British, US American and Middle American circumstances: At a diplomatic cocktail party a British lady asks a Central American diplomat: "So, what is the most favorite sport in your country?" "Well, M'am, that is bull fighting." - "But isn't that revolting?" - "No, M'am, that is our second most favorite sport." mucho gusto, Kriton

@miloradowicz 24 күн бұрын

Shame it wasn't the North American who responded that.

@ebrihamakonteh5018 29 күн бұрын

Great effort Lucy

@Chethakmp3 29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. You look beautiful. Happy belated birthday too : ) I was getting dressed in a dressing room of a clothes shop. I was trying to a pair of jeans. I didn't like how it looked so I thought to myself that I had bad genes hahahaha Once I was walking down the road and a streetside seller nearby was selling fish. I thought to myself something smells fishy hahaha Tom was invited to a swimming pool party by his friends. Soon after the party began, Tom was liked by every one. He was the centre of attention. He had been making waves hahahaha

@DeJesus-cl4oh 24 күн бұрын

I love British culture, British pronunciation, I love the way they talk and when they had a conversation, their sound is so nice and good,, I learn my English from people. But I love British accent.♥️🙏 Thanks for the lesson 🙏

@SamsamMatan-oc4em 29 күн бұрын

Oh, thanks Lucy. I like your videos ❤

@kapil5232 29 күн бұрын

Mam i am from India 😊 Thanks mam for share your knowledge with us 😊

@cherifmeddour7793 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@AbdulAhad-w7j 29 күн бұрын

Thank you for teaching 🎉

@AbdulAhad-w7j 29 күн бұрын

Thank you for teaching

@AylinÖzcan-x2l 27 күн бұрын

I've written a magazine about cooking. Then I created a page that includes jokes and funny stuff like puzzles at the end of each article. I needed a topic for these funny pages and I called them Fun-Tastic Corner. It still leaves a smile on my face when I remember.

@davidbroadfoot1864 25 күн бұрын

The whole thing sounds dreadful.

@user-xg8bp4oo7u 29 күн бұрын

The lesson most important every time to us .thank you teacher teach lessons to us .

@RamanuKumar-nr8lz 29 күн бұрын

Very nice lesson thank you for New lessons teacher

@catmate8358 29 күн бұрын

Hey, here's a compliment for you, please take it ☺ The above was in the context of your video, but I actually mean it, you truly deserve compliments ☺

@Dominik_Toretto777 4 күн бұрын

Wow! Brilliant!

@ahmedalyhussein1392 29 күн бұрын

Congratulations excellent experience with your English

@dipeshsamrawat7957 29 күн бұрын

Thank you ma'am.

@mareksatina 29 күн бұрын

Loved the one with Mr Green. XD

@nasseralnasser5239 29 күн бұрын

Great video

@user-no2mz9hl4f 28 күн бұрын

I’d love to see a video on honourifics! This lesson was lovely, as always.

@ashikihsan1946 29 күн бұрын

Hello Lucy, I'm interested in learning British Humours and funny words related to the humors. I like those new vocabularies. Lucy, I wish you a nice day

@RichardKilbey-qs7hw 28 күн бұрын

I really enjoyed this lesson, and I’m English!

@sushisinha-c1q 29 күн бұрын

All time my fvrt teacher 💯

@bitahabibi7904 29 күн бұрын

Most gorgeous & stunning teacher❤❤

@zulayxo0528 29 күн бұрын

Awesome 😍😍

@TheTimelinerYT 18 күн бұрын

I have t-shirts that say "I'm not arguing, I'm explaining why I'm right", "I may be wrong, but it's highly unlikely" and "Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice"

@joehurst 7 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@Anshu353 21 күн бұрын

Love from India 🇮🇳🙌

@joshuakampamba9061 9 күн бұрын

I am vertically challenged 😂😂😂 Thanks Lucy really!!!

@smithjohn383 25 күн бұрын

"Oh, I love self-deprecating humour. Unfortunately I'm not very good at it."

@EarthEngineMelbourne 27 күн бұрын

Don't know if I reinvented the wheel but it was just came in my mind some years ago: "What comes after the letter 'Z' in the alphabet?" "Now I know my ABCs..."

@Tareq-v9d 26 күн бұрын

I appreciate your literary reviews.

@nethvirusenanayake4161 29 күн бұрын

Wooo❤ my teacher ❤

@ArnyRimmer 28 күн бұрын

In my country, Czechia, we love british humour. I love irony and sarcasmus. I hate it when someone uses this kind of humor in a written speech and then puts a smiley face on it. An intelligent person will understand from the context that this is a joke. And fools deserve the confusion.

@joannastiller3013 23 күн бұрын

I love this kind of humour as well and totally agree with what you've written. Greetings from Poland!

@zekibilen1775 29 күн бұрын

Thanks dear teacher 🌼☘️🙋

@Hilwafisora 29 күн бұрын

Thanks so much my sister ❤❤❤❤❤ Thanks so much my teacher ❤ 😘 💕

@Abubakar15627 29 күн бұрын

thank you so much ma'am God bless you

@occashares 28 күн бұрын

With all of the verbal fry I was thinking that this was a cooking presentation.

@acerimmer8338 29 күн бұрын

Sarcasm is a fine line. Many people, upon first meeting me, think I'm plain rude. Once they realize I'm sarcastic and generally affable then opinions quickly change. But I've had to learn to lay off the sarcasm when first getting to know others.

@HajiJuma-rb4or 29 күн бұрын

Good teacher from Tanzania (Iland of Zanzbar)

@adcatman 25 күн бұрын

Great Fun. Thank You... :-)

@miss.waffles 23 күн бұрын

omg I believe that people all around the world use each type of humour but it seems to have little resemblances due to the cultural differences. however, the key is mutual. thank you very much, Lucy, for sharing the features of British humour with us! I appreciate it! love from Russia ❤

@tommiejonsson8952 28 күн бұрын

I've used "I'm not sleeping. . ." frequently - but I was being serious and truthful - most of the times.

@Yohann_Rechter_De-Farge 29 күн бұрын

Thank you 🌺🌷🌸

@Herpetile 29 күн бұрын

Hello lovely Lucy! I love britcoms so much …

@TahirKhan-ng4im 29 күн бұрын

I'm big fan lucy from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

@AlbaDouek1 Күн бұрын

According to Woody Allen, “humour is tragedy plus time”. I find his observation incredibly precise.

@kungatenzin4558 19 күн бұрын

I want make you’re student teacher Lucy 😅 I love your teaching, I want improve my English with your knowledge.

@talukdartalukdar3643 29 күн бұрын

Everything in this world is temporary except "Hello lovely students welcome to English with Lucy"...the most beautiful, gorgeous, pretty, exquisite, elegant female English educator I have ever seen in last 38 years of my bachelor life😂😂😂😂😂

@user-ck5rh4ky6u 29 күн бұрын

This, too, is temporary, even if it goes on for an extended period of time.

@arzoo468 29 күн бұрын

That too shall pass

@adrianobastardi 28 күн бұрын

Creepy.

@NgoDangHien 28 күн бұрын

Wish have another Online live lesson with Lucy. Thanks

@kamer5161 29 күн бұрын

I may or may not have gotten into British humour the hard way, watching Jimmy Carr's clips and shows. That was definitely a masterclass though

@hopefulbe9854 29 күн бұрын

I love british humor so much

@bucharestred 29 күн бұрын

Hi Lucy, can you explain and gives examples of "Gallows' Humour".

@johnshields3658 29 күн бұрын

British humour is particularly ironic in character - which matches a lot of our day-to-day language: it's largely the art of saying what one doesn't mean, or playing with levels of meaning.

@gtarnold6992 29 күн бұрын

There's an electrician in Swanage named Jurassic Sparks.

@grahamj9101 28 күн бұрын

@@gtarnold6992 Knowing Purbeck and the Jurassic Coast well, I can appreciate this along with the locals. Those further afield might not get it.

@czpeet2106 29 күн бұрын

3:50... OMG :) that was a best one :D

@patrickgowar2234 29 күн бұрын

Loved the lesson. My daughter and I often speak in spoonerisms which makes the family groan and shake their heads

@kloassie 28 күн бұрын

7:55 Like that children's TV series about a bunch of sailors that were known as Master Bait and his Sea Men

@grahamj9101 28 күн бұрын

@@kloassie That story is often told, but it's untrue. It was debunked years ago on the BBC by the creator of Captain Pugwash . There was no Seaman Staines, and the cabin boy was Jim (or was it Tom?), but it was not Roger.

@EnglishIdiomsWithJerry 3 күн бұрын

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@vickykom2525 23 күн бұрын

Russian doors producing company is called SiDOORov. ( One of the most popular Russian surnames is Sidorov)

@jerste 28 күн бұрын

Innuendo was my favourite bits.

@rulocco 29 күн бұрын

I like this video very much. Here, in my country there was a bussines Call "Miel Gibson", they sold honey.

@alexanderwilde8259 29 күн бұрын

This lesson Is more Amazing than Amazon 😂😂

@civilheart5355 18 күн бұрын

I understood wit with you😂

@ShamWerks 16 күн бұрын

I'm french, I was invited to attend a very British private play. I was unemployed at the time, and my also british girlfriend told me to mention that when I speak with anyone, as the british community has lots of connections in the area (French Riviera). When I spoke to a lady after the play, she asked me who I was, and what I was doing. Me : - "I'm Lucy's boyfriend, and I'm a Software Developper" Lady, dead serious, dropping an octave in her voice : -"Oh, you're one of those." Me : - "well, yes, and I'm actually looking for a job and..." Lady, interrupting me, dropping another octave : -"Oh, you're one of those." I bursted out laughing, her delivery and timing were PERFECT. 😂

@papaabdoulayediop9204 29 күн бұрын

Looking for Mrs. Hartfield in the comments 😄

@JoannaZycinska 2 күн бұрын

I 'd like you to explain the examples of British humor

@oljasoskenbayuly 28 күн бұрын

Once I've met a person named Mars. Our first conversation: - Hi I am Mars. (little pause) then i replied -Hi I am Jupiter!

@user-rw7br1ki4r 20 күн бұрын

Dear Lucy, dear friends, what category of humor can this puzzled exclamation be attributed to? "How the hell could she figure out in a minute and a half that I was a bad lover?" ❤ 😂