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Article: Tall tales of 'proper' Cornish humour
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2008
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J ust what "real" Cornish humour is exactly is almost impossible
to define - but you really do have to be "proper Cornish" to
recognise and appreciate it.
A new book of anecdotes and jokes, collected by the industrious
Cornubiensis, contains dozens of examples of this rare comedic
style.
Under 13 different headings, from "copper, tin, and the rest of
it" to "stories that defy classification", they have all been
gleaned from conversations in pubs, on railway stations, at
informal meetings and written down immediately - a fact which adds
to their authenticity.
Take this general election story from the 1950s, when a supporter
of Camborne MP Harold Hayman was asked who the other candidate was.