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Thread #47896 Message #716474
Posted By: greg stephens
23-May-02 - 07:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Irony on American TV? Quite a bit.
Subject: RE: BS: Irony on American TV? Quite a bit.
Very much agree with McGrath's previous comment:American Jewish humour is based on complex levels of irony no Brit would ever aspire to. And my mention of one kind of irony being the habit of saying the opposite of what you mean was just that: a description of one kind of irony. Of course it's not a definition. Irony is obviously based on the juxtaposition of opposites, but in a huge variety of ways.