Joke has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ferrari is a joke." "My garage could surely use a joke or two." "I mean F1 Ferrari is a joke, Jesus." "My name's Andrew, not Jesus." | |
| 2. | It is true that there are some people even so utterly without imagination that they cannot take a joke; such as that grave man of Scotland who was at last plainly told by a funny friend quite out of patience, “Why, you wouldn’t take a joke if it were fired at you out of a cannon!” “Sir,” replied the Scot, with sound reasoning and grave thought, “Sir, you are absurd. You cannot fire a joke out of a cannon!” | |
| 3. | Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke! | |
| 4. | "Is this a joke?" "Of course it's a joke!" | |
| 5. | In my opinion, you can joke about anything. A lot of times people joke to make tragic events feel more tolerable. | |
| 6. | That was a joke. Can't you take a joke? | |
| 7. | Your joke bears repeating. | |
| 8. | You went too far in your joke. | |
| 9. | You should not play a joke on me. | |
| 10. | What you said to her isn't accepted as a joke. |