... Northern version is used quite often; and the English spoken by Anglophone community of England, America, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, are chosen for contrastive analysis - The data are collected ... Irony in talk among friends Metaphor and Symbol, 15, 5–2 7 Hantrais, L (1989), The undergraduate’s guide to studying languages, Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research, London ... o Marital status, and o Living area All of the informants are Vietnamese and English native speakers from UK, the USA and Australia 3.2 FINGDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 3.2.1 The use of puns The aim...