Tellee vs Teller - What's the difference?
tellee | teller |
One who is told something.
* 1998 , Alison Ross, The language of humour (page 60)
As nouns the difference between tellee and teller
is that tellee is one who is told something while teller is a person who tells stories.tellee
English
Noun
(en noun)- This shows that it is just as important to understand the social relationships between the status of the teller, the tellee and the butt of the humour, as it is to understand other language devices used to construct the humour.