Dan Crompton
Auteur van A Classical Primer: Ancient Knowledge for Modern Minds
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The World's Oldest Joke Book: Hundreds of Hilariously Terrible Ancient Jokes (2010) — Vertaler — 33 exemplaren
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Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: The… door Dan Crompton
This is a collection of jokes that are truly ancient. Compton’s non-scholarly translation into contemporary British English may not be filled with LOL humor, and but as the publisher promises, it does prove that farting has been funny for a very long time.
An entertaining read for a Sunday afternoon. Especially if the person you’re with is trying to read their own book and you keep interrupting to tell them another joke. Some of the jokes are actually quite amusing and it’s interesting to see that we still joke about some of the same things today.
This translation (Dan Crompton’s) is almost an adaptation of The Philogelos. He’s stripped out duplicate jokes and anything that only works in Greek and translated in such a way that no notes are required. Very much an edition for the general reader.… (meer)
This translation (Dan Crompton’s) is almost an adaptation of The Philogelos. He’s stripped out duplicate jokes and anything that only works in Greek and translated in such a way that no notes are required. Very much an edition for the general reader.… (meer)
Glib but knowledgeable and entertaining introduction.
Very funny ancient Greek jokes told in translation. I don't think it is worth buying, but they are pretty funny jokes. The "smartass" ones were the best and they translate the best into today's society. Unfortunately I cannot say the same for all of them. but I still got a goodly number of laughs out of reading the book.
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