From: Gary Britt 

The observed differences have more to do with the fact that what the
non-Americans believe to be true isn't true and therefore aren't
"ironic" from an American point of view and vice versa.

Irony, its in the eye of the beholder.

Gary

Don Hills wrote:
> In article ,
> Gary Britt  wrote:
>> .  Remember I don't do Irony (usually).
>
> True, Why bother, when most Americans wouldn't get it anyway.
> (That's not a dig at Americans, just a comment about observed differences in
> humour between cultures.)
>

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