The Joke's on Me: Improve Your Vocabulary and Elevate Your Linguistics through Humor

While debating Sir Winston on the House of Commons, Lady Astor says, “Sir Winston, if I were your wife, I should poison your tea.” Sir Winston replies, “Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it.”

In 1066, a Battle of Hastings ensued in England, eventually causing two languages to merge and form modern English. In The Joke’s on Me, English language aficionado Jim Purdy provides an entertaining tutorial of jokes, explanations, and associated vocabulary based on this historical transiti...