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HISTORICAL FACTS: Readers reply what are the best examples of genuine irony - The Untold Story

Alanis Morissette Baldrick Romeo

The Eiffel Tower bearing the Olympic rings for the Paris 2024 Games — Not that kind of irony … the Eiffel Tower welcomes the Olympics to Paris. Photograph: Hubert Psaila Marie/Abaca/Rex/Shutterstock

One of my pet hates is when something is described as ironic when it is simply surprising, amusing or strange. (See Alanis Morissette’s song Ironic.) What are the best examples of genuine irony? Shane Maloney, Wigan

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