TallMan60
Literotica Guru
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2008
- Posts
- 4,446
Maybe we can talk about ironic things here.
For example, I speak Esperanto with my younger kids. And I encourage them to say please and thank you.
So I tell her to say thank you (dankon) and the correct response is "ne dankinde" which literally means "not thank worthy". So I'm telling her to do something and then saying in response that she should not have done it. I find this ironic (under definition 5).
-------------------
i·ro·ny1 [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Show IPA
–noun,plural-nies.
1.
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
2.
Literature.
a.
a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actuallyor ostensibly stated.
b.
(esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementaryimpulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3.
Socratic irony.
4.
dramatic irony.
5.
an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
6.
the incongruity of this.
7.
an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
8.
an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.
For example, I speak Esperanto with my younger kids. And I encourage them to say please and thank you.
So I tell her to say thank you (dankon) and the correct response is "ne dankinde" which literally means "not thank worthy". So I'm telling her to do something and then saying in response that she should not have done it. I find this ironic (under definition 5).
-------------------
i·ro·ny1 [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Show IPA
–noun,plural-nies.
1.
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
2.
Literature.
a.
a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actuallyor ostensibly stated.
b.
(esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementaryimpulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3.
Socratic irony.
4.
dramatic irony.
5.
an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
6.
the incongruity of this.
7.
an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
8.
an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.
