Jokes in other launguages I have finished the book called "Dogs Don't Tell Jokes." As it says in its title, it contains a lot of jokes. Some of them are easy to understand, the others aren't. You know, jokes sometimes don't make sense for native speakers. The problem is when I don't get a joke I cannot tell if it's because my English is not good enough or it doesn't make sense by its nature. As an English learner, I try to understand the joke by checking dictionaries, searching web, that often don't work for jokes. I have some strategies now, like 1. Read aloud, so that you can be aware of sounds of puns. 2. Interpret idioms and phrases literally. They might be used in double-meaning. 3. Forget about it! Maybe it doesn't make sense for native speakers!