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Hi, Gleb Hlebov!
I read your message from 20.06.2024 08:59

 GH>
 AK>>>> "He told me an anecdote, and I didn't laugh."
 AS>>> An anecdote is a personal and unverified story. The
 AS>>> word you want is `joke'.
 AK>> Jokes IMHO are very short. Long jokes are bad joke;
 AK>> -----Beginning of the citation-----
 AK>> Why do French people eat snails?
 AK>> They don't like fast food.
 AK>> ----- The end of the citation -----
 AK>> Anecdotes are rather short humorous stories
 GH>
 GH> Can you tell if it's a joke or anecdote? ;-)
 GH> (Excuse my possibly lame "adaptation")
 GH>
 GH> ??<< E. Kopelyan's voiceover:
 GH>
 GH> "Stierlitz gave it a thought.
 GH> It was good.
 GH> So he gave it a second thought". >>

An English joke - "Englishmen are the most coward people. If they ask
something they always say 'I am afraid'". ;-)

Bye, Gleb!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2024

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