Irony... "A bunch of fools dancing on a airplane to a song made famous by a band that was killed in a plane crash" (John Malkovich in Con Air, 1997)
At 01:31 PM 1/8/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Given your past comments demonstrating how you feel about the U.S.' attit >ude >about being the biggest and the best, I would say that sarcasm would be t >he >easiest to convey, in this instance. As for your suggestion that this wa >s a >form of irony, well, here are the definitions of irony .. which one of th >ese >definitions applies to your 'subtle irony'? > >i�ro�ny (r-n, r-) >n. pl. i�ro�nies > 1.. > 1.. The use of words to express something different from and often >opposite to their literal meaning. > 2.. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast betwee >n >apparent and intended meaning. > 3.. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetori >cal >effect. See Synonyms at wit1. > 2.. > 1.. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occu >rs: >"Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" >(Richard Kain). > 2.. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongrui >ty. >See Usage Note at ironic. > 3.. Dramatic irony. > 4.. Socratic irony. >irony \I"ron*y\, a. [From Iron.] 1. Made or consisting of iron; partaking > of >iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles. [R.] ((I don't think this >applies)) > >irony \I"ron*y\, n.[L. ironia, Gr. ? dissimulation, fr. ? a dissembler in >speech, fr. ? to speak; perh. akin to E. word: cf. F. ironie.] 1. >Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provok >ing >an antagonist. 2. A sort of humor, ridicule, or light sarcasm, which ado >pts >a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of >the words. > >irony n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarca >sm >to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid" [syn: sarcasm, >satire, caustic remark] 2: incongruity between what might be expected and >what actually occurs: "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most >hated" 3: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and >what occurs. > >Call it sarcasm, or irony, or mince words however you like, the meaning a >nd >intent of the statement was clear. > >Todd ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
