(07-08-2024, 03:06 AM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: This might help. This lesson from English Lucy on British humour and comedy discusses irony, sarcasm, deadpan, wit, innuendo, banter & puns. You will learn what they are and how do use them, with examples.
Thank you - that did help, and explained it very nicely! Now I no longer have to go around with that dazed and confused look on my face, and can go to my grave knowing that it wasn't some sort of left-hand "compliment"! It was actually very appropriate and spot-on, rather than the insult I've gone all this time thinking it must have been.
It also means I can now stop plotting my revenge on them, and move on to more productive pastures...
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