Question

Read the following jokes. Identify examples of international words.

1. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
2. A psychologist is a man who watches everybody rise when a beautiful girl enters the room.
3. An expert is a man who knows a great deal about very little; and who goes on knowing more and more about less and less until finally he knows practically everything about nothing; whereas a reviewer is a man who knows very little about a great deal and keeps on knowing less and less about more and more until finally he knows practically nothing about everything.

Answer 1

1. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

• Example of an international word: Genius

2. A psychologist is a man who watches everybody rise when a beautiful girl enters the room.

• Example of an international word: Psychologist

3. An expert is a man who knows a great deal about very little; and who goes on knowing more and more about less and less until finally he knows practically everything about nothing; whereas a reviewer is a man who knows very little about a great deal and keeps on knowing less and less about more and more until finally he knows practically nothing about everything.

• Examples of international words: Expert, Reviewer