華裔小哥隨意講個段子,就獲了英國最佳笑話獎
作者:Paul Ward
來源:Independent
2017-08-24 12:42
Funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival named
華裔小哥榮獲愛丁堡國際藝穗節(jié)笑話獎
A joke about the new pound coin has been named the funniest of the?Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
一句關于新英鎊硬幣的笑話當選2017愛丁堡藝穗節(jié)最佳冷笑話,作者是一位名叫Ken Cheng的華裔喜劇演員。
Ken Cheng?won the 10th annual award for?Dave's Funniest Joke Of The Fringe with the line: "I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change."
這句話是,我不喜歡新款一英鎊的銀幣,不過我本來也討厭所有零錢(改變)。Ken Cheng的這句話在愛丁堡藝穗節(jié)(也稱“愛丁堡邊緣藝術節(jié)”)第十屆'大衛(wèi)最有趣玩笑獎'評出的15個笑話中名列第一。
The joke, from his show Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian, won 33% of a public vote on a shortlist of gags picked by comedy critics.
該獎項由喜劇評論家們投票決定,Ken Cheng的這句話獲得了33%的選票。
Previous winners of the award include Tim Vine, Stewart Francis and Zoe Lyons.
著名喜劇演員提姆·宛恩斯圖爾特·弗朗西斯和Zoe Lyons此前也獲得過此獎。
Cheng studied maths at Cambridge for a year before dropping out to play online poker professionally.
Ken Cheng 曾經在著名的劍橋大學學習數(shù)學,但后來退學成為一名網(wǎng)絡撲克手。
On winning the Dave prize, Cheng said: "I am very proud to have won. As a tribute, I will name my firstborn son after this award and call him 'Joke of the Fringe'."
獲獎后,Ken Cheng 說:“我為此感到驕傲,為了表示我的感謝,我將為我的第一個兒子取名為‘邊緣的玩笑’?!?/div>
The award, which was voted on by 2,000 people, lists jokes anonymously to avoid any bias towards well-known comedians.
本次投票的公眾總數(shù)為2000人,為了避免名人效應,候選笑話的作者都是保密的。
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