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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a humour of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a particular type or quality of humor, often in a literary or artistic context.
Example: "The novel is filled with a humour of irony that keeps the reader engaged."
Alternatives: "a sense of humor" or "a style of humor".
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It's also very funny, laced with a humour of the slapped-in-the-face-with-a-kipper sort: you can't help laughing because it's so outrageous.
In one of the longer poems, "A Time Zone", it is a humour of the kind that might once have been found in the French poet and self-publicising avant-gardiste Guillaume Apollinaire.
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He has the grim good humour of an experienced captain facing down a typhoon.
Get a good sense of humour; a great way of starting a chat.
Have personality and a sense-of-humour.
He has a great sense of humour, a big heart.
Some people have excused MacFarlane, saying he has a "brand of humour": yes, an obnoxious brand of humour.
A sense of humour ceases to be sense of humour if it lacks quality and honesty.
Dating somebody without a sense of humour, or even a wildly different sense of humour, is torture.
Having a good sense of humour is an attractive quality.
A sense of humour.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com