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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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Lance

0After you've finished the baby, I'd like to change my name to Lance.02br
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00Is there any special meaning of "Lance?" Thanks.02br
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0 No special meaning, other than it's a younger and more Hollywood name than this old chap is likely to have. 0-

— Lil' Ruby Rose

  • 0 No special meaning, other than it's a younger and more Hollywood name than this old chap is likely to have.
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0 No special meaning, other than it's a younger and more Hollywood name than this old chap is likely to have. 0-
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0 Thanks, Lil but I still don't get the punch line. Will you throw more light? Thanks. 0-
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0 It's a Christening - where a baby is formally given his name by the Church. The old man is saying "while we're doing names, please can you change mine - I'd like to be called Lance". It's not very funny. 0-
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0 Thanks, Lil. Now I get it. English learning involves tons of culture knowledge. 0-
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0 Cartoons are so hard, because they all play exactly on the assumption of shared cultural knowledge. And humour is so different from country to country - as I'm sure you'll have seen from the translations of jokes from other countries in other parts of the forum. 0-
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0 YES, they are hard, but once we know what they are all about, we learn something and have a sense of fullfilment. 0-
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