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Meaning of "My what a joke!"



 
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Meaning of "My what a joke!" #1 (permalink) Fri Jun 09, 2006 22:10 pm   Meaning of "My what a joke!"		  
Hi,

Could anybody please tell me what the following expression means?

My what a joke!

Tom
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My what a joke! #2 (permalink) Fri Jun 09, 2006 22:23 pm   My what a joke!		  
Where's the context? Crying or Very sad

Without the context Mad , I'd say two possibilities would be:

- My goodness! That joke was excellent!

-- OR --

- My goodness! That's ridiculous!

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My what a joke! #3 (permalink) Fri Jun 09, 2006 22:26 pm   My what a joke!		  
So could we use My this way?

I mean both in written and spoken English?

1- My what a beautiful house!
2- My what a mess!

Is the use common?

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My what a joke! #4 (permalink) Fri Jun 09, 2006 22:30 pm   My what a joke!		  
Tom wrote:
So could we use My this way?

I mean both in written and spoken English?

1- My what a beautiful house!
2- My what a mess!

Is the use common?

Tom

Probably more likely in spoken English, but I don't see why it shouldn't also be written. If I wrote it, I'd probably add a comma after "My".

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