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Am I the only person.... - Bill - 04-24-2006

That sees the irony in this?

Cloned dog celebrates first birthday in S.Korea

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060424/sc_nm/science_korea_dog_dc_1

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Am I the only person.... - BIRD33 - 04-24-2006

If you are the only one who misunderstands the definition of irony, yes.

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Am I the only person.... - Vitamin E - 04-24-2006

I'm into cats, thanks.

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Am I the only person.... - Bill - 04-24-2006

BIRD33 Wrote:If you are the only one who misunderstands the definition of irony, yes.

They eat dogs in korea...

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Am I the only person.... - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 04-24-2006

BIRD33 Wrote:If you are the only one who misunderstands the definition of irony, yes.

:lool:




Damn I'm glad you aren't G$D. I would hate to lose posts like this.

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Am I the only person.... - Gadonkadonk Money Dawg - 04-24-2006

Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote::lool:




Damn I'm glad you aren't G$D. I would hate to lose posts like this.

Am I being banned?

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Am I the only person.... - Bill - 04-24-2006

I hate most of you.

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Am I the only person.... - SanDog - 04-24-2006

The American Heritage Dictionary’s usage panel found it unacceptable to use the word ironic to describe mere unfortunate coincidences or surprising disappointments that “suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly.” This definition still allows the above usage but excludes examples like “ironically, I encountered a traffic jam when I was already late,” as made popular by Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic.”

However, the American Heritage Dictionary recognizes a secondary meaning for irony: “incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.” In other words, ironic in this sense is synonymous with incongruous. The word incongruity is not in the active vocabulary for most speakers of the English language, irony being much more widespread among those wanting to be precise in their language.

Other historical prescriptivists have even stricter definitions for the word irony. Henry Watson Fowler, in The King’s English, says “any definition of irony—though hundreds might be given, and very few of them would be accepted—must include this, that the surface meaning and the underlying meaning of what is said are not the same.” Fowler would thus consider the Sullivan example above as incorrect usage.

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Am I the only person.... - Bill - 04-24-2006

ok. so Ironic was not the correct word to use. got it.

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