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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Diplomat's Dictionary Daily Quotable

Jokes: "Most jokes entertain through plays on words, double entendres, the clever alteration of clichés, anecdotes embellishing individual or group stereotypes, or surprise twists to apparently familiar stories...
So it is a rare joke that translates effectively across a linguistic or cultural divide.  That is why interpreters generally wince when speakers being to tell one."

Jokes, friendship: "Shared laughter is a step toward friendship."

Justice, charity: "Charity is no substitute for justice withheld."   -St. Augustine.

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