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                                            Welcome to the English Department's Page at Sebha University                                                              موقع قسم اللغة الإنجليزية بجامعة سبها يرحب بكم

 

 

 

The English Sense of Humour

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What is the longest word in the English language?

          "Smiles". Because there is a mile between its first and last letters!

 

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An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: "woman without her man is nothing". The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly.

The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."

The women wrote: "Woman! Without her, man is nothing."

 

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A Scottish farmer was in his field digging up his tatties (a Scots word for potatoes). An American farmer looked over the fence and said
"In Texas we grow potatoes 5 times larger than that!"

The Scotsman replied " Ah but we just grow them for our own mouths!"

 

 

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