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   Hi Alexander,   
      
   Fri 14 Jun 2024 at 13:59, you wrote to Anton Shepelev:   
      
    AK>>> "He told me an anecdote, and I didn't laugh."   
    AS>> An anecdote is a personal and unverified story. The word you   
    AS>> want is  `joke'.   
    AK> Jokes IMHO are very short. Long jokes are bad joke;   
    AK> -----Beginning of the citation-----   
    AK> Why do French people eat snails?   
    AK> They don't like fast food.   
    AK> ----- The end of the citation -----   
    AK> Anecdotes are rather short humorous stories   
      
   Can you tell if it's a joke or anecdote? ;-)   
   (Excuse my possibly lame "adaptation")   
      
        << E. Kopelyan's voiceover:   
      
          "Stierlitz gave it a thought.   
           It was good.   
           So he gave it a second thought". >>   
      
      
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