[Lenka]

Originally Posted by bianca

'she went of her own accord' means 'she went willingly, voluntarily', without any general agreement or accord.

But here it makes no sense to me. It must be a really good joke, and a funny one, if you understand it.

Aha... Thanks, bianca ... What do you mean (when you say it must be a good joke if you understand it)? Why does it make no sense?


Do I understand the joke well?
1st speaker: My wife's gone to the West Indies.
2nd speaker: Jamaica? (Did you make her (... go there??) ?)
1st speaker : No, she went of her own accord. (No, she went voluntarily.)