Monthly Archives: March 2012

Summertime in Norway, in March!

I woke up this morning to see the sun forcefully squeezing its big fat self round the edges of what is supposedly a blackout blind, which, along with the wagging tail belonging to the body, belonging to the big brown … Continue reading

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Audun Lysbakken, irony in action

A few days ago I was asked if I understood when a Norwegian is using irony in speech. I hesitated to answer, because I thought that the example that had raised the issue was more metaphor than ironic, but I … Continue reading

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