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Irony (The dictionary answer)

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You can call me TC

Law of Pedantic Reverberation http://www.h2g2.com/F23739?thread=22534


Irony (The dictionary answer)

Post 22

You can call me TC

And posting 280 in the British English forum also mentions it. (Pedantic Reverberation)


Irony (The dictionary answer)

Post 23

Is mise Duncan

Perhaps we could weve this thread into the "British English" thread...but only after my "garfish" question is satisfactorily resolved smiley - laugh


Irony (The dictionary answer)

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Blatherskite the Mugwump - Bandwidth Bandit

Sarcasm is a specialised form of irony, since it refers only to intentional, verbal usage. So a sarcastic remark is ironic, but irony isn't necessarily sarcasm. You can find yourself in an ironic situation, for example, without sarcasm of any kind.

Satire is an advanced form of sarcasm, or, to cite the dictionary, "trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly." It's usually more subtle than sarcasm, but it can also still be malicious.

How ironic is it that the country who all but created satire and the ironic situation known as the Catch-22 (based on the book by the same name) is often maligned for being oblivious to irony? And don't blame us for Alanis... she's a product of the Canadian educational system.

Greatest example of irony: Pro-life activists in the US who kill abortion doctors.


Irony (The dictionary answer)

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You can call me TC


Or those "Animal Lovers" who release minks to fend for themselves in unaccustomed surroundings, thus upsetting the ecology in the neighbourhood as well.


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