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Thread #47896 Message #722738
Posted By: Jim Dixon
04-Jun-02 - 09:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: Irony on American TV? Quite a bit.
Subject: RE: BS: Irony on American TV? Quite a bit.
When you say something ironic to an American, and he acts as if he doesn't get it, how do you KNOW he doesn't get it? Maybe he's just being ironic.
We Americans have a sense of humor that's just too subtle for some Brits, I guess.