华裔小哥讲了个段子，就荣获了爱丁堡国际艺穗节笑话奖，这种英式幽默你能懂吗？
<p>一年一度的爱丁堡艺穗节（<span word="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</span> <span word="Festival">Festival</span> <span word="Fringe">Fringe</span>）有一个特殊的奖项，那就是最佳笑话奖（<span word="Dave">Dave</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Funniest">Funniest</span> <span word="Joke">Joke</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Fringe">Fringe</span>），每年通过大众投票选举产生，而今年一个华裔小哥的段子在15个参赛段子中拿到了33%的选票，一举拔得头筹。</p><p>这个笑话其实非常简单，就一句话：</p><p><span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fan">fan</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="pound">pound</span> <span word="coin">coin</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="again">again</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="hate">hate</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="change">change</span>.</p><p>我不喜欢新款一英镑硬币，不过我本来也讨厌所有零钱（改变）。</p><p>（英国在今年3月开始全面发行新款一英镑硬币，由原来的圆形变为了十二边形）</p><p>这个笑话的笑点在于<span word="change">change</span>这个词一语双关，可以指硬币类的零钱，照应了前面的一镑硬币，也指的是所有的改变（注：新硬币的推出本身就是一种改变）。</p><p>你笑了吗？反正我没笑。</p><p>不过也许从脱欧开始，英国就发生了太多的变故，脱欧提案的各种曲折，新的硬币纸币发行，意外的大选，恐袭的威胁和阴影，大本钟的关闭……也许正是因为这些<span word="changes">changes</span>让大多英国人感同身受，引起了共鸣吧。</p><p>不过讲到这里也不能不提一下这位讲笑话的小哥。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="winner">winner</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Ken">Ken</span> <span word="Cheng">Cheng</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="dad">dad</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="Hong">Hong</span> <span word="Kong">Kong</span> <span word="roots">roots</span>. <span word="Ken">Ken</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UK">UK</span>.</p><p>小哥告诉本报驻英国记者，他名叫<span word="Ken">Ken</span> <span word="Cheng">Cheng</span>，母亲是北京人，父亲是香港籍，<span word="Ken">Ken</span>从小在英国长大，是很典型的<span word="BBC">BBC</span>（<span word="British">British</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span>）。</p>
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