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English humor verses American humor. Is there a difference?
英式幽默對美式幽默：兩者有區別嗎？
Humor is a phenomenon shaped by culture. It can be difficult to determine what aspects of culture define a certain sense of humor. A nation's wit is linked to the historical development of the country. How funny somebody finds a certain incident depends on many factors including age, personal experience, level of education, and geographical location. Therefore humor is something that is not always acceptable to another country or culture.
幽默是文化塑造的一種現象。很難確定文化的哪些方面定義了特定的幽默感。一個民族的智慧與這個國家的歷史發展息息相關。一個人發現某事的好笑程度取決于許多因素，包括年齡、個人經歷、教育水平和地理位置。因此，幽默并不總是為另一個國家或文化所接受的。
What somebody from one area finds funny may not be amusing at all to somebody from another location. Whether or not somebody gets the joke is determined by their interpretation, which is, in turn, influenced by their culture. What about when both countries speak the same mother tongue? Does that mean that they will then share the same sense of humor, or will differences still occur? Let's take the example of Britain and America. Not only do the Americans and the British spell the word "humor" differently, most claim that American humor and British humor are quite different in nature. Time and time again, people say that the British and the Americans don't "get" each other's sense of humor. To what extent is this true, if at all?
一個地方的人覺得好笑的東西對另一個地方的人來說可能一點也不好笑。一個人能否理解這個笑話取決于他們的解讀，而解讀又受到他們文化的影響。如果兩個國家都說同一種母語呢？這是否意味著他們將擁有同樣的幽默感，還是仍然會有差異？讓我們以英國和美國為例。不僅美國人和英國人對“humor”這個單詞的拼寫不同，而且大多數人聲稱美式幽默和英式幽默在本質上有很大的不同。人們一次又一次地說英國人和美國人不能“理解”彼此的幽默感。如果有的話，這在多大程度上是正確的？
