Post by: Depot Stove on June 20, 2006, 07:26:27 pm
Post by: loganck on June 20, 2006, 08:10:50 pm
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on June 20, 2006, 10:42:47 pm
Post by: HudsonHawk on June 20, 2006, 11:31:37 pm
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how is that ironic?
This is the "Alanis Morrisette Syndrome". There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
Post by: austro on June 21, 2006, 12:08:46 am
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This is the "Alanis Morrisette Syndrome". There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
Or music, if Alanis Morrisette is the yardstick.
Post by: HurricaneDavid on June 21, 2006, 12:19:57 am
Post by: Depot Stove on June 21, 2006, 02:12:58 pm
Post by: No? in Austin on June 21, 2006, 02:17:05 pm
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yeah yeah yeah, poor choice of words, just a momentary lapse of vocabulary. I know the difference and am in no way shape or form a member of the Alanis generation.
Don't worry, join the crowd of TZers who misuse words. I apparently do not know what *satire* means, or so I've been told.
Come to think of it, if you're being lumped in with the likes of me... then you should worry.
Post by: loganck on June 21, 2006, 05:46:12 pm
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yeah yeah yeah, poor choice of words, just a momentary lapse of vocabulary. I know the difference and am in no way shape or form a member of the Alanis generation.
I wasn't trying to be an ass or anything. I thought maybe he was an orphan or something.
The misuse of ironic and irony is a personal pet peeve of mine, and I do come from the Alanis generation (if there really is such a thing.) The word is misused all the time by people of all ages.
edit: because I used a word inappropriately
Post by: Arky Vaughan on June 21, 2006, 06:15:45 pm
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This is the "Alanis Morrisette Syndrome". There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
As in, it was ironic for Alanis Morrisette to record a song about irony, since she apparently has no idea what it means.
Post by: Limey on June 22, 2006, 12:32:39 pm
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As in, it was ironic for Alanis Morrisette to record a song about irony, since she apparently has no idea what it means.
Rumour has it that she actually wanted to more correctly title the song "Shit Happens". Unfortunately: (a) that wouldn't get past the censors; and (b) Houston's Channel 2 News team had copywrited that phrase.
Post by: don_mynack on June 23, 2006, 10:58:08 am
Post by: strosrays on June 23, 2006, 12:15:39 pm
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how is that ironic?
This is the "Alanis Morrisette Syndrome". There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
A low inside fastball, on a chilly day in early March (pre-district tournament, maybe). You swing at it anyway, and hit it right off the handle (wooden bat), making your hands feel like a thousand tiny bee stings.
Yep, that low inside heater on a cold day feels... iron-y.
Post by: Zan on June 24, 2006, 02:18:45 am
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how is that ironic?
This is the "Alanis Morrisette Syndrome". There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
Ironic is Lidge entering to some lyric about bringing the pain and then receiving the pain of allowing the go-ahead run with a pitch that bounces 10 feet in front of the plate.
I'm a huge Lidge believer. Just pointing out a more accurate usage of irony in the pitching context.
Post by: matadorph on June 24, 2006, 03:21:56 am
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how is that ironic?
There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
to be fair to Alanis Morissette, many of them learned it from confused sportswriters and on-air personalities who think irony and coincidence are the same thing.
Post by: chuck on June 24, 2006, 02:48:21 pm
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how is that ironic?
There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
to be fair to Alanis Morissette, many of them learned it from confused sportswriters and on-air personalities who think irony and coincidence are the same thing.
If people take lexigraphical information from any sort of sportswriter and on-air personalities then they get what they deserve.
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on June 24, 2006, 07:37:13 pm
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how is that ironic?
There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
to be fair to Alanis Morissette, many of them learned it from confused sportswriters and on-air personalities who think irony and coincidence are the same thing.
If people take lexigraphical information from any sort of sportswriter and on-air personalities then they get what they deserve.
It's lexicographical... the irony.
Post by: chuck on June 24, 2006, 09:37:41 pm
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how is that ironic?
There is a whole generation of people who don't know what irony is.
to be fair to Alanis Morissette, many of them learned it from confused sportswriters and on-air personalities who think irony and coincidence are the same thing.
If people take lexigraphical information from any sort of sportswriter and on-air personalities then they get what they deserve.
It's lexicographical... the irony.
Just trying to maintain the spirit of the thread.