Food...and irony

Irony is one of the most complex forms of using a language. What do we mean by "irony"? The simplest definition is "saying one thing but meaning another". Now, there are many more ways to analyse and define irony than that, but the simple definition, I submit, is true. This definition raises problems for anyone - how do we know that the apparent meaning of words is not the same as the intended one? - and it is particularly...

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