Clichés and clichés

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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Some Germans like to tell this joke: "What is the shortest book in the world? — A four-thousand-year-old book of German humor." This joke may not make everyone laugh, but it vividly raises the issue of preconceptions and stereotypes about others. Similarly, fixed expressions like "losing," are also seen as clichés, automatic language that people mock. Some Germans like to tell this joke: "What is the shortest book in the world? — A four-thousand-year-old book of German humor." This joke may not make everyone laugh, but it vividly raises the issue of preconceptions and stereotypes about others. Similarly, fixed expressions like "losing," are also seen as clichés, automatic language that people mock.