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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron #48548 11/23/01 11:22 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Is it irony to call this irony? Silva Rhetoricae http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm defines irony as Speaking in such a way as to imply the contrary of what one says, often for the purpose of derision, mockery, or jest. So what is the correct term for what Dub Dub' defined? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Stoking the Ironic Fire Wordwind 11/23/01 06:46 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Faldage 11/23/01 11:22 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron wwh 11/23/01 11:44 PM three types of irony(?) tsuwm 11/24/01 02:40 AM Re: three types of irony(?) Capital Kiwi 11/24/01 05:38 AM Re: three types of irony(?) WhitmanO'Neill 11/25/01 04:35 AM Alanis Morrisette... Wordwind 11/25/01 09:54 AM Re: STOCHASTIC wwh 11/25/01 02:16 PM Re: STOCHASTIC Wordwind 11/25/01 03:33 PM Re: Alanis Morrisette... tsuwm 11/25/01 06:35 PM Re: Paul Fussell tsuwm 11/25/01 06:43 PM Re: Paul Fussell and Stochastic Wordwind 11/25/01 07:23 PM Re: Paul Fussell and Stochistic tsuwm 11/25/01 07:38 PM Re: Paul Fussell and Stochastic Wordwind 11/25/01 08:24 PM Re: Paul Fussell and Stochastic tsuwm 11/25/01 08:41 PM Re: Paul Fussell and Stochastic wwh 11/25/01 09:30 PM Re: Alanis Morrisette... doc_comfort 11/27/01 11:08 AM Re: Alanis Morrisette... Wordwind 11/27/01 12:30 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron wwh 11/24/01 05:43 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Wordwind 11/24/01 06:44 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron tsuwm 11/24/01 09:23 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Wordwind 11/25/01 01:09 AM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Wordwind 11/25/01 01:43 AM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Jackie 11/25/01 03:17 AM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Wordwind 11/25/01 09:26 AM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Jackie 11/25/01 06:18 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron wwh 11/25/01 06:46 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Faldage 11/26/01 01:26 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron Jackie 11/26/01 01:45 PM Re: Firing the Stochastic Iron wwh 11/26/01 03:51 PM Re: Types of irony WhitmanO'Neill 11/25/01 08:57 PM Re: Types of irony Wordwind 11/25/01 09:27 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire AnnaStrophic 11/26/01 04:06 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire wwh 11/26/01 05:00 PM Re: Gift of the Magi AnnaStrophic 11/26/01 05:34 PM Re: Gift of the Magi wwh 11/26/01 06:19 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire of troy 11/26/01 08:43 PM a bit of irony, a penny at a time of troy 11/26/01 08:44 PM Re: a bit of irony, a penny at a time wwh 11/26/01 09:56 PM Re: a bit of irony, a penny at a time Faldage 11/27/01 02:05 AM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire stales 11/27/01 01:27 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire tsuwm 11/27/01 04:20 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire wwh 11/27/01 05:56 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire milum 11/27/01 07:02 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire Wordwind 11/27/01 11:02 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire tsuwm 11/27/01 11:24 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire Bingley 11/28/01 05:32 AM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire milum 11/29/01 11:33 PM Re: mysterium tsuwm 11/30/01 02:45 AM Re: mysterium tremendum Wordwind 11/30/01 09:27 AM Re: mysterium tremendum tsuwm 11/30/01 02:52 PM Re: mysterium milum 11/30/01 03:35 PM Re: mysterium tsuwm 11/30/01 09:40 PM Re: Stifel - the full tale wwh 11/30/01 10:30 PM Re: Stifel - the full tale Bingley 12/01/01 08:49 AM Re: Stifel - the full tale wwh 12/01/01 03:53 PM Re: Stifel - the full tale Wordwind 12/01/01 12:30 PM Re: Stoking the Ironic Fire stales 11/27/01 11:36 PM A half-formed idea Jackie 11/28/01 02:37 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 772 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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