sloopjohnc wrote:Quaco wrote:Irony. To hear them talk about it anyway!
You'd think they invented it.
And yet there is some truth to it. There is sometimes a tendency for Americans to take things very literally. Sometimes I've had that problem on here when a US poster has taken literally what I've said because I haven't telegraphed it with humorous emoticons.
Look at the two posts at the end of this thread as an example of what I mean:
http://www.bcb-board.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=112297&start=20