an exchange about Re: humor

[Dennis R. Preston]

That's some kind of metalanguage, right?

dInIs

>i forwarded my posting Re: humor (about a response to a Language Log
>posting of mine) on to geoff pullum, who responded:
>
>   This is a joke, right?
>
>to which i replied:
>
>   this is irony, right?
>
>and he returned:
>
>   That's some kind of figure of speech, right?
>
>i am now pondering my response...
>
>arnold


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