Which is a pitfall for anyone conversing in a language that isn’t their first, I’d say.
Comment on Lemmy disproves the stereotype that Germans lack a sense of humor
aidan@lemmy.world 7 months agoI think the stereotype also comes from Germans often not catching onto sarcasm in English
rob64@startrek.website 7 months ago
aidan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It can be, but 90% of the people I interact with are non-native English speakers and it definitely feels a bit more common for Germans fluent in English to be bad at getting jokes.
tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 7 months ago
Happens with americans too… they seem to completely miss sarcasm sometimes. Humour is very cultural (and often plays into things a native of the country would know but someone outside sometimes wouldn’t).
aidan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That isn’t what I said though, which is that specifically I notice it with Germans.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Why should we? It’s inefficient. ;-)