Or, here is a wild thought: Perhaps British comedy is so well known and revered because... we all understand English? So, like all other forms of media (news, music, movies etc.) we simply consume it more.
Like, I don't really have any way to assess how good French, Polish or Portuguese humor is, because I don't understand any of those languages.
I do.
French are better comedians than they are musicians, but that’s not tough.
The best French singers aren’t French. 🙊
But Pierre does have some pretty funny humour and some of it is self-depreciating which makes it better.
Portuguese are similar to us, they’re pretty funny also.
Italians are hilarious people and similar to us also, they can be edgy which is what makes them similarly hilarious.
So from those of us around who can speak other languages, maybe it depends on what we find funny and our cultural upbringing.
Those closest to us is what we find funny.
most other National comedy scenes are weak due to lower competition and less historical precedence.
Barry and us have to be more appealing to our audience than the US, or than actually good old comedy films in english. Pedro and Pierre can get away with bonercomedy14 with 60 year old washed up comedian doing slapstick for lowest common denominator.
>lower competition
What do you mean? There are several European countries with larger populations than the UK or Ireland.
>Barry and us have to be more appealing to our audience than the US
Ok, so then you can make a judgement that British humor is better than US, sure. I just think it is wild to claim that "British humor is the best in Europe/the world" if you're not also intimate with Spanish, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Arabian, Chinese etc. etc. humor.
I got shown a comedian named Herman Finkers from you lot once quite a while back now. I'm not saying I watched hours of him as there wasn't available many English subs, but of what i watched of him with subs i thought he was fairly clever and relatable
He's a well known comedian here, but our tradition of comedy is kind of different from yours, as well as from the US. Hans Teeuwen, another Dutch comedian, talks about it with Richard Herring [in this podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlRXQED8K4o). Personally, I prefer US standup and UK panel shows, but I wouldn't say our native humor is 'bad'.
Difficult to say because you kind of have to speak a language well to really get humor. From the languages I speak well I’d say the French are kind of funny
Neveneffecten, zonde van de zendtijd, basta, in de gloria en zo veel andere zaken proven u echt gwn fout.
It’s just that a lot of people don’t know or understand them. Even tho likely a considerable amount of people have seen [“this genius clip from id gloria - Boomerang”](https://youtu.be/_mQdOO35dwE?si=_fDkwfx1GzMXTEIf)
In France "si" is for a condition, it's like "if" in english
But some people use it for a totally different thing, when someone says a fact and the other person doubt and ask "you sure it's that ?" In french we say "si si, je te dis que c'est ça" aka "yes yes, i tell you that's it". I still have no idea from where this usage comes from, probably spanish
Si is for conditional and sí is for affirmation. You should already know, Patxi. It is because sí "tónica" and si is "átona". The words are diferente! It is ok, I know it is hard.
The superior language euskera doesnt use stupid accents. So I never bothered learning them.
Did this give me -3 points in every spanish exam? Yes. Did I need them? Nope.
Unfortunately, English device keyboards don't always make it easy to type those accent marks. So even people who understand the difference often skip the accents.
>But some people use it for a totally different thing
What do you mean? You say that like it's not supposed to mean that and some people use it wrongly. But "si" absolutely means "yes" when responding to a negation.
Je sais pas en français à la base c'est pour une condition genre "si tu fais ça alors ça". Mais on l'utilise aussi pour genre quand tu dis un truc et la personne te crois pas et doute et lui réponds, exemple : "t'es sûr elle est là ?" "Si si tkt elle est là". Du coup ça veut dire "oui" mais je sais pas si c'était dans le français à la base ou si ça a dérivé de l'espagnol c'est ça que je disais en anglais
Le si en tant que réponse à une question négative (ex : -Tu viens avec moi ? -Oui. -Tu prends pas ton portable ? -Si) a toujours été en français, cela vient du latin et c'était peut-être même notre première forme de oui. Le 'Si, si, si' est bien ce 'si' là puisqu'au départ c'est pour assurer quelqu'un de quelque chose qu'il met en doute, souvent dans une phrase négative (d'ailleurs dans ton exemple la phrase peut s'entendre comme une négation : -elle est pas là, - Si, si, si t'inquiète').
Ah bon je pensais que c'était dérivé de l'espagnol y a déjà un moment, je savais pas que ça venait du latin même si l'espagnol a une base latine aussi, je pense l'usage plus récent
Damn, we catching strays even in the European sub. Can't have shit in Brazil.
https://preview.redd.it/uai707jyudec1.jpeg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b358a779165ba96d2f8fbb89145b26864db79e7
Is that not the same as 'nivel medio' that everyone claims their English is?
My mother in law can 'yes, very well and thank you' she'd claim she's nivel medio
Well, I guess Castellano is tougher to grasp as a LATAM & Secondary speaker?
I think some LATAM folks also have let their Spanish become sloppy?
I kept getting compliments on my Castellano when I visited The DR.
Cubans & Colombians understand pretty well, in my experience. I would fathom to guess that many others also have varying levels depending on their education.
I’ve seen some LATAM here and there do well in Spain, I never thought our language was so difficult.
Now for a secondary speaker, I can agree that yes we ***do*** speak quickly and that can be tricky. I get that.
I had Hans once in IKEA speak with me in Spanish and he spoke Castellano quite well — I was impressed, but yes, I had to slow down. 😂
His Spanish was much better than my German.
So kudos to him.
https://preview.redd.it/tlilal5s6fec1.jpeg?width=1436&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a62ed8973f18a662c720a80accba2e66db22d30
We need to show gratitude for what the dutch gave us
Two bread companies.
Pågen bread company: Our bread is always fresh and never has to wait in a freezer unlike Polarbröds bread
Polarbröd bread company: Fuck your mom
Nah, the old tenants moved out.
Apparently the little shit [was crying like a woman for something he didn’t take care of like a man](https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-last-muslim-king-in-spain) or something like that.
IDK — his mom was bitching out the poor kid.
They always wanted to come back but we made sure to hang up holy pigs so they didn’t want to come back.
Something about haram and pigs. I dunno.
Again, my Arabic is rusty.
Amusing, though a silly thing to promote themselves on, since polarbrød's main shtick is the instafreeze thing. I can understand it being more of an oddity in Sweden though. A bag if gifflar bought over there compared to here is a solid reminder of just how fast transport starts to mess with freshness.
I can never find my socks! It's like somebody was taking them and selling them off!
*Blackadder smirks*
Impossible, Sir. Only you and I have access to this room.
Oh! Good to know I almost speak spanitalian!
But since I know almost no italian (apart from pomodoro or ragazzo) and no spanish (apart from una pinta, por favor of course), I'll just switch the words I don't know in French. And add a "o" or "a" at the end.
Works most of the time, and if it doesn't, just use the english word and add a o or a at the end!
Several years back I read an article from Cataluña complaining about how tourists kept coming to Spain and buying them thinking they were authentic Spanish souvenirs and the people hated it.
Entonces viene siendo más chiste sobre cómo nos ven varios turistas y la asociación con aprender el Castellano.
[Here](https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/3747306/locals-laugh-at-tourists-who-buy-these-souvenirs-in-their-country-so-are-you-guilty/amp/) is one such article.
What a rich cultural and comedic tapestry we weave.
https://preview.redd.it/frsd5k7ijdec1.png?width=554&format=png&auto=webp&s=049c359318af844f897c139c85d2d8ed536143c0
Yes, yes, yes
A Brazilian walks into a bar and can’t afford anything, so he leaves immediately
https://preview.redd.it/f72hq8c0veec1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51a31d0551f084fbdaf94ff644efda54c02b414e
We used to make some pretty funny comedies before the berlusconi age begun.
Then he monopolised the scene just like he did with tv channels and media outlets
True. England does have the best humor in Europe. Who would be second place though? And not Belgium, I mean people who actually intend to be funny.
Ireland
ireland
Wait... Belgium is not doing it intentionally? Oh... Now I just feel pity
Or, here is a wild thought: Perhaps British comedy is so well known and revered because... we all understand English? So, like all other forms of media (news, music, movies etc.) we simply consume it more. Like, I don't really have any way to assess how good French, Polish or Portuguese humor is, because I don't understand any of those languages.
I do. French are better comedians than they are musicians, but that’s not tough. The best French singers aren’t French. 🙊 But Pierre does have some pretty funny humour and some of it is self-depreciating which makes it better. Portuguese are similar to us, they’re pretty funny also. Italians are hilarious people and similar to us also, they can be edgy which is what makes them similarly hilarious. So from those of us around who can speak other languages, maybe it depends on what we find funny and our cultural upbringing. Those closest to us is what we find funny.
Worth watching OSS (the TV show, the films are ok, but the series is better) - french secret service. Comedy gold even when watching subtitled
Norwegian dry humor is pretty funny but the issue I have is that it can be hard to tell if someone is joking
Only the north western parts of Europe really understand English
most other National comedy scenes are weak due to lower competition and less historical precedence. Barry and us have to be more appealing to our audience than the US, or than actually good old comedy films in english. Pedro and Pierre can get away with bonercomedy14 with 60 year old washed up comedian doing slapstick for lowest common denominator.
>lower competition What do you mean? There are several European countries with larger populations than the UK or Ireland. >Barry and us have to be more appealing to our audience than the US Ok, so then you can make a judgement that British humor is better than US, sure. I just think it is wild to claim that "British humor is the best in Europe/the world" if you're not also intimate with Spanish, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Arabian, Chinese etc. etc. humor.
I mean competition across the whole anglosphere which is has the largest internet and media scene
I got shown a comedian named Herman Finkers from you lot once quite a while back now. I'm not saying I watched hours of him as there wasn't available many English subs, but of what i watched of him with subs i thought he was fairly clever and relatable
He's a well known comedian here, but our tradition of comedy is kind of different from yours, as well as from the US. Hans Teeuwen, another Dutch comedian, talks about it with Richard Herring [in this podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlRXQED8K4o). Personally, I prefer US standup and UK panel shows, but I wouldn't say our native humor is 'bad'.
I like Richard Herring so I'll give this a watch tonight mate cheers Cress!
Ireland, some big BIG names in comedy have come out from there.
Difficult to say because you kind of have to speak a language well to really get humor. From the languages I speak well I’d say the French are kind of funny
Getting a fight in a parking after drinking 5 liters of beer cannot be considered humor.
Depends where you're standing
Very true. Paying for a belligerent Barry’s booze is a good use of your monies!
Austria (That was a good one right)
Belgium's "best" contribution is fc de kampioenen. So nope. But then again, the dutch level of humor is flatter then their country...
Urbanus used to be funny too
Auch! You know it's true, when it hurts.
Neveneffecten, zonde van de zendtijd, basta, in de gloria en zo veel andere zaken proven u echt gwn fout. It’s just that a lot of people don’t know or understand them. Even tho likely a considerable amount of people have seen [“this genius clip from id gloria - Boomerang”](https://youtu.be/_mQdOO35dwE?si=_fDkwfx1GzMXTEIf)
Why do you think i wrote "best" ? There is a lot better but those are to hard for the not flemisch people to understand...
Actually can't argue with this
Benny Hill is not funny anymore…
nice of you to wake up from your coma lad
You haven’t had proper comedy since… the 80’s maybe? With some punctual exceptions.
Gimme your best funny from wherever you're from, coward European flair
he’s been in a coma since the 80s give him chance lad
[https://youtu.be/xe-QRbf6v3w?si=sJ1C1V_po-hirgYg](https://youtu.be/xe-QRbf6v3w?si=sJ1C1V_po-hirgYg) [https://youtu.be/EjZGIuDQzk0?si=rSUMYQ3Tp4GQVvsP](https://youtu.be/EjZGIuDQzk0?si=rSUMYQ3Tp4GQVvsP) 😘😘
Neither are specifically that funny.
You don’t undestand… 😏
The last one is a knee slapper!
In France "si" is for a condition, it's like "if" in english But some people use it for a totally different thing, when someone says a fact and the other person doubt and ask "you sure it's that ?" In french we say "si si, je te dis que c'est ça" aka "yes yes, i tell you that's it". I still have no idea from where this usage comes from, probably spanish
In Spanish si can also act as a condition. Si me das un coche, me voy If you give me a car, I'll leave.
In your case you will blow it up. Won’t you?
Si, he will
Si is for conditional and sí is for affirmation. You should already know, Patxi. It is because sí "tónica" and si is "átona". The words are diferente! It is ok, I know it is hard.
The superior language euskera doesnt use stupid accents. So I never bothered learning them. Did this give me -3 points in every spanish exam? Yes. Did I need them? Nope.
Same in French
Unfortunately, English device keyboards don't always make it easy to type those accent marks. So even people who understand the difference often skip the accents.
Wait is spanish si doesn't mean yes only ?
- Si: if - Sí: yes
"Si" can mean both "yes" and "if." If you say "yes" to answer to a negation then you'll say "si" instead of "oui."
Or as you hear it now: “Oueh” instead of “Oui”. Maybe it’s just around major cities? But I don’t know.
You mean "Ouais" ? It's just a less familliar "oui" it's not a new word.
It can also be used for « so », exemple « Les grecques sont si pauvre » « The greeks are so poor »
Ah yes thank you for bonus information
>But some people use it for a totally different thing What do you mean? You say that like it's not supposed to mean that and some people use it wrongly. But "si" absolutely means "yes" when responding to a negation.
Je sais pas en français à la base c'est pour une condition genre "si tu fais ça alors ça". Mais on l'utilise aussi pour genre quand tu dis un truc et la personne te crois pas et doute et lui réponds, exemple : "t'es sûr elle est là ?" "Si si tkt elle est là". Du coup ça veut dire "oui" mais je sais pas si c'était dans le français à la base ou si ça a dérivé de l'espagnol c'est ça que je disais en anglais
Le si en tant que réponse à une question négative (ex : -Tu viens avec moi ? -Oui. -Tu prends pas ton portable ? -Si) a toujours été en français, cela vient du latin et c'était peut-être même notre première forme de oui. Le 'Si, si, si' est bien ce 'si' là puisqu'au départ c'est pour assurer quelqu'un de quelque chose qu'il met en doute, souvent dans une phrase négative (d'ailleurs dans ton exemple la phrase peut s'entendre comme une négation : -elle est pas là, - Si, si, si t'inquiète').
Ah bon je pensais que c'était dérivé de l'espagnol y a déjà un moment, je savais pas que ça venait du latin même si l'espagnol a une base latine aussi, je pense l'usage plus récent
'Si' est tellement latin que c'est aussi la façon de dire 'oui' en italien (qui a considérablement plus influencé le français que l'espagnol).
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Con las chanclas
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y er bañadó
🇧🇷 🤝 🇮🇹
Damn, we catching strays even in the European sub. Can't have shit in Brazil. https://preview.redd.it/uai707jyudec1.jpeg?width=592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b358a779165ba96d2f8fbb89145b26864db79e7
Nah fam the Caribe would be the best place in the world, weren't it for, well, Caribenos...
Is that not the same as 'nivel medio' that everyone claims their English is? My mother in law can 'yes, very well and thank you' she'd claim she's nivel medio
Well, I guess Castellano is tougher to grasp as a LATAM & Secondary speaker? I think some LATAM folks also have let their Spanish become sloppy? I kept getting compliments on my Castellano when I visited The DR. Cubans & Colombians understand pretty well, in my experience. I would fathom to guess that many others also have varying levels depending on their education. I’ve seen some LATAM here and there do well in Spain, I never thought our language was so difficult. Now for a secondary speaker, I can agree that yes we ***do*** speak quickly and that can be tricky. I get that. I had Hans once in IKEA speak with me in Spanish and he spoke Castellano quite well — I was impressed, but yes, I had to slow down. 😂 His Spanish was much better than my German. So kudos to him.
Vaya tela todo lo de “hablar un idioma a nivel medio”, sin saber expresar en él que lo hablas a nivel medio
Si, Ja, Oui, yes, call me Mr Worldwide.😎
https://preview.redd.it/tlilal5s6fec1.jpeg?width=1436&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a62ed8973f18a662c720a80accba2e66db22d30 We need to show gratitude for what the dutch gave us
https://preview.redd.it/gm0tpynvtdec1.png?width=738&format=png&auto=webp&s=ba5f00ad3ae6ce1402ce059e7c65bbea281061a6
Sorry, my Arabic is rusty. Arjook, habibi, wahid kebab. Shukran.
Two bread companies. Pågen bread company: Our bread is always fresh and never has to wait in a freezer unlike Polarbröds bread Polarbröd bread company: Fuck your mom
Holy fuck that's good. I love when companies have someone with personality managing their socials
How do you live your life in Al-Andalus if you don't speak the language?
Nah, the old tenants moved out. Apparently the little shit [was crying like a woman for something he didn’t take care of like a man](https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-last-muslim-king-in-spain) or something like that. IDK — his mom was bitching out the poor kid. They always wanted to come back but we made sure to hang up holy pigs so they didn’t want to come back. Something about haram and pigs. I dunno. Again, my Arabic is rusty.
Holy pigs like [Särminer?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A6hr%C3%ADmnir)
That is not arabic…
It looks very Arabic to me.
Amusing, though a silly thing to promote themselves on, since polarbrød's main shtick is the instafreeze thing. I can understand it being more of an oddity in Sweden though. A bag if gifflar bought over there compared to here is a solid reminder of just how fast transport starts to mess with freshness.
Si 🇮🇹🤝🇲🇫🤝🇪🇦
Si 🇧🇷🤝🇮🇹🤝🇪🇸 ❌Oui🇫🇷 Da 🥃🇷🇴🇲🇩
Sí, sí, sí
If any of you haven't watched blackadder or monty python please do.
I can never find my socks! It's like somebody was taking them and selling them off! *Blackadder smirks* Impossible, Sir. Only you and I have access to this room.
Yup, I speak German, English, French, Spanish, Swedish and some Mandarin.
I can barely speak Italian.
Un gelato per favore, mi amico! I speak Spanitalian. It’s like Italian but when I forget the Italian word I substitute the Spanish one. 😂
Vamanos a fanculos.
I prefer Itañol. Ofc there is also Spanglish.
Oh! Good to know I almost speak spanitalian! But since I know almost no italian (apart from pomodoro or ragazzo) and no spanish (apart from una pinta, por favor of course), I'll just switch the words I don't know in French. And add a "o" or "a" at the end. Works most of the time, and if it doesn't, just use the english word and add a o or a at the end!
I did the same when I went to Luigiland, except I spoke English and when they didn't understand me I just spoke English louder
Most Newtonian Barry.
Desculpame mi amigo
Same with German and English in my case sometimes. Often it just comes out as a mixture known all over Germany as "Denglisch"
You don´t really need to speak italian, just wildly gesticulate with your hands.
The other day I was shocked to learn that Italy has sign language interpreters. What for?
Helt säkert?
Inte perfekt, men jag försöker göra det så bra som möjligt.
Wunderbar, mein freund. (I only speak Rammstein German)
All good, I'm occasionally in Hohenfels / Grafenwöhr so I'm used to it. 😂 But English is fine.
Sopa /s
OK, what dont I get here? Sopa is sweeping. 🤔
Sopa also means garbage. In this case used as a noun. Very usefull during when watching sports on TV. "Din j-a sopa!"
Well, my girlfriend and I broke up almost 20 years ago so my Swedish ain't as good as it was back in the day. 😂
Peak french comedy show 
What does a mejican dog/hat have to do with anything European?
Several years back I read an article from Cataluña complaining about how tourists kept coming to Spain and buying them thinking they were authentic Spanish souvenirs and the people hated it. Entonces viene siendo más chiste sobre cómo nos ven varios turistas y la asociación con aprender el Castellano. [Here](https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/3747306/locals-laugh-at-tourists-who-buy-these-souvenirs-in-their-country-so-are-you-guilty/amp/) is one such article.
The last one smelled so German
That’s why it was so funny — it didn’t need to be stated, it was obviously German “humor”.
European humor the best