1. British and American Humour Arzamasova Anna 12227

2. The differences: BritishAmerican 1. the word humourhumor

3. The differences: BritishAmerican 2. irony Irony virtually runs in the blood of Brits, they use it as a way of mocking their enemies, play fighting with friends, and laughing at themselves. It is used much less in everyday life and it is generally seen as inappropriate in situations where it is normal in the UK. Many Americans who use irony often add an "only joking" to the end of an ironic statement (which kills the irony).

4. The differences: BritishAmerican 3. farce British jokes tend to be more subtle but with a dark or sarcastic undertone. Jokes are more obvious and forward, a bit like Americans themselves.

5. BritishAmerican 3. Jokes about national minorities British joke about Scotch and Irish. Even if they don't belong to them. There is no jokes about different nations. You can joke about black people, if you are black only. The differences:

6. The similarities: BritishAmerican 1. comedies popular both in UK and USA Mr Bean Rising Damp One Foot in the Grave The IT Crowd Arrested Development The Big Bang Theory Modern Family How I Met Your Mother Office

7. The similarities: BritishAmerican 2. stand up Dylan Moran Chris Rock Ricky Gervais Louis Szekely