tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post116920884785187607..comments2023-11-05T08:01:10.010+00:00Comments on Think of England: The deeper meaning of ironyBrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169515069802716042007-01-23T01:17:00.000+00:002007-01-23T01:17:00.000+00:00Oroborous: Where's the misinterpretation of words...Oroborous: Where's the misinterpretation of words? So, yeah, it's basically wryly unfortunate.<BR/><BR/>Peter: more like, if you all quit to be OJ-free, and then started editing each others comments, talking about trains all the time, and saying "Bingo" a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169472231111445352007-01-22T13:23:00.000+00:002007-01-22T13:23:00.000+00:00None at all - it would be unnatural if they didn't...None at all - it would be unnatural if they didn't talk about their reasons for quitting the thing that introduced them to each other in the first place.<BR/><BR/>However, if they all quit because they were fed up with people talking about OJ behind his back, that would be fairly ironic.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169457533182007292007-01-22T09:18:00.000+00:002007-01-22T09:18:00.000+00:00Duck:Not very. However, if our sole purpose in bui...Duck:<BR/><BR/>Not very. However, if our sole purpose in building the Empire had been to establish our eternal supremacy at the game of cricket, that would be ironic.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169323614281792042007-01-20T20:06:00.000+00:002007-01-20T20:06:00.000+00:00Isn't being offered a free ride, after you've alre...Isn't being offered a free ride, after you've already paid for transportation, slightly ironic ?<BR/><BR/>If not, what is it ?<BR/><BR/>Simply disheartening ?Oroboroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01710250012500728430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169311695717876632007-01-20T16:48:00.000+00:002007-01-20T16:48:00.000+00:00Brit - thanks for the compliment.I suspect, though...Brit - thanks for the compliment.<BR/><BR/>I suspect, though, that all it takes to appreciate the complete lack of irony in Alanis's song is to not be Alanis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169269627309947372007-01-20T05:07:00.000+00:002007-01-20T05:07:00.000+00:00Most Americans just haven't figured out what a cre...Most Americans just haven't figured out what a crew of wiseasses you Brits are. <BR/><BR/>I blame the loss of Empire. How ironic is it that the most lasting legacy of your dominance of the world is the fact that your former colonies take turns spanking you in cricket.Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852569465893563139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169238629256882412007-01-19T20:30:00.000+00:002007-01-19T20:30:00.000+00:00It's just like the Internet. The less the common s...It's just like the Internet. The less the common shared background, the wider the boundaries of possible literalness, so the more difficult the understood irony.<BR/><BR/>I may also be a bad reference, as I often have that experience as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169229614717086012007-01-19T18:00:00.000+00:002007-01-19T18:00:00.000+00:00Obviously I'm generalising here, but in America Br...Obviously I'm generalising here, but in America Britons soon find they do have to be much, much more literal in conversation than they would be at home. Throwaway comments and suchlike frivolities are seized upon as if they are serious points.<BR/><BR/>My guess is that it's because the melting pot of the US means that people are much more wary of misunderstanding each other, or of being Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-1169223903923570612007-01-19T16:25:00.000+00:002007-01-19T16:25:00.000+00:00You want irony? The Duckians have a great one.I th...You want irony? The <A HREF="http://dailyduck.blogspot.com/2007/01/withering-ruling.html" REL="nofollow">Duckians have a great one</A>.<BR/><BR/>I think the reason that so many people have difficulty with irony here in the states is that irony requires self-reflection, a talent that seems sadly lacking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com