Tone and humour

C2 · Mastery · 4 lines

The dialogue, in order:

1. The first speaker: Muss de dech ëmmer esou sarkastesch ausdrécken?
   Do you always have to express yourself so sarcastically?
2. The second speaker: Ech hunn dat am Witz gesot!
   I said that as a joke!
3. The first speaker: Du muss deng Formuléierung eng Grimmel ofschwächen.
   You must tone down your wording a little.
4. The second speaker: Ouni Witz!
   No joke!

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The lines are taught in: Humour, irony and register

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