Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font.
—“You’re not eating your fish,” a waitress said to a customer. “Anything wrong with it?”
—“Long time no sea.” the customer replied.
【正确答案】：As homonyms are identicai in sound or spelling Patcularly homophones, they are often employed to create puns for desired effect of humor, sarcasm or ridicule.
Long time no see is usually said as a form of greeting between rwo friends when they meet atter a long time. Here the customer cleverly employed the structure of the idion to his advantage to criticize in a humorou way the had quality of the foxoxd served at the restaurai: long time no sea implie. tirat 'sea food hept for a long time is not fit for cating.
