bim joke
Anthropology Ethnography of speaking “The BIM Joke” 3/28/03 Setting: The setting of the speech act is a small bedroom in a suburban house. ... BIM”. ... Key: The speech act (Joe G calling Jim S “BIM”) was said in a lower-than-normal tone. ... (The intention was {and is with this particular inside joke} to try and have everyone else but the person it is being addressed to hear it. ... Genre: The speech act is a joke, more importantly it is an inside joke. It would only be understood by the individuals in the room, if anyone else had been within earshot they would not have understood the humor or even the essence of the joke. If made to anyone else this inside joke would make no sense, it also applied just to the person it was addressed too and therefore cannot be used towards someone else.