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05-16-2006, 09:04 AM
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Evil Chris
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Before you use the word "ironic"
Read this document:
http://sc.tri-bit.com/Irony
99.9% of the time it's used, there is zero irony on the table.
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Lately, there's this nasty trend for people to suggest that because a mistake is in common use, it is somehow suddenly correct by reflection through common usage in some misguided interpretation of linguistic drift within a live language.
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05-16-2006, 02:22 PM
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MorganGrayson
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Thank you, Chris.
The Diction Nazi got quite the tingle out of that.
Tomorrow..."there is NO SUCH FUCKING WORD as 'woken." (As in "I had just woken up.")
"If 25,000 people say a stupid thing...it's still a stupid thing." ~ Bertrand Russell
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05-16-2006, 06:33 PM
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Evil Chris
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Quote:
Originally posted by MorganGrayson
Thank you, Chris.
The Diction Nazi got quite the tingle out of that.
Tomorrow..."there is NO SUCH FUCKING WORD as 'woken." (As in "I had just woken up.")
"If 25,000 people say a stupid thing...it's still a stupid thing." ~ Bertrand Russell
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Oh you and I are SO on the same page.
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05-17-2006, 01:10 PM
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Bhelliom
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You know? it's ironic that I had just gone to bed to get a good night's sleep, but I was woken up many times in the night by the doctors reminding me that I needed a good night's sleep.
"It's a traffic jam when you're already late
It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think... " Alanis Morissette, Ironic
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05-17-2006, 02:09 PM
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MorganGrayson
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*grumble, grumble, grumble*
SOMEBODY is SO LUCKY I adore him!!!!
*sigh*
My dearest Chris...we are often on the same page. What saddens me is how often I feel we're on the wrong planet....
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05-17-2006, 03:15 PM
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DonMike
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bhelliom
You know? it's ironic that I had just gone to bed to get a good night's sleep, but I was woken up many times in the night by the doctors reminding me that I needed a good night's sleep.
"It's a traffic jam when you're already late
It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think... " Alanis Morissette, Ironic
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I was gonna make a comment about this Alanis song, LOL. Ya beat me to it. Not a hint of irony in this whole song, unless you consider the irony of a woman writing a song about irony that contains absolutely no irony.
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05-17-2006, 03:16 PM
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DonMike
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Then again, when she asks "isn't it ironic, don't you think?" you could always just answer no.
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05-17-2006, 04:15 PM
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Evil Chris
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Quote:
Originally posted by DonMike
Then again, when she asks "isn't it ironic, don't you think?" you could always just answer no.
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That's certainly do-able. No irony in it though. ![Stick Out Tongue](images/smilies/tongue.gif)
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05-18-2006, 02:32 PM
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jacobkell
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Whatta irony!hehe
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05-21-2006, 09:08 AM
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Jarrett269
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Meeting
Quote:
Originally posted by MorganGrayson
Thank you, Chris.
The Diction Nazi got quite the tingle out of that.
Tomorrow..."there is NO SUCH FUCKING WORD as 'woken." (As in "I had just woken up.")
"If 25,000 people say a stupid thing...it's still a stupid thing." ~ Bertrand Russell
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