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The death of Irony RIP

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Sharron

Sharron Report 12 Aug 2011 11:22

i am sorry but I don't understand what this thread is alluding to.

Rambling

Rambling Report 12 Aug 2011 10:46

I like that too Mau :-D

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Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 12 Aug 2011 10:45


"The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive"........

....always liked this ;-)

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In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....

Rambling

Rambling Report 12 Aug 2011 10:14

only if you climb in over the gates under cover of darkness Cat :-)

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ChAoTicintheNewYear

ChAoTicintheNewYear Report 12 Aug 2011 10:10

Can I send a generalisation instead of flowers then? :-D

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Kids with special needs are not weird or odd. They only want what everyone else wants...to be accepted.

Rambling

Rambling Report 12 Aug 2011 10:08

It's always a mistake to generalise Teresa .. but in this case I fear that reports of irony's death have NOT been exaggerated ;-)

I should be delighted to be proved wrong though :-D

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TeresaW

TeresaW Report 12 Aug 2011 10:05

Isnt' that a generalisation? :-D

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Lovell, Morse, Baker, Duval, Mortlock, Gibbs and Bristow.

Rambling

Rambling Report 12 Aug 2011 10:03


Buried with full military honours ( for services to the British Empire) 12/8/2011.

What was irony?

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.

Three kinds of irony are commonly recognized:

1.Verbal irony is a trope in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to express.


2.Situational irony involves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs.


3.Dramatic irony is an effect produced by a narrative in which the audience knows more about present or future circumstances than a character in the story.


Irony will be mourned by all those with the wit to have recognised its place in educated society.

No flowers by request.

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