Because I was watching a Jessica Biel interview and she said, "I'd never seen Guys and Dolls, which is ironic because it's so famous"
...did she use it in the correct way?
...did she use it in the correct way?
In the USA, does "ironic" have the same meaning?
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In the USA, does "ironic" have the same meaning? |
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Posts: 376 (06/07/2009 2:21 PM) |
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the lakes slave |
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Posts: 62084 (06/07/2009 2:23 PM) |
People never use ironic in the right way. It usually is used in place of "what a coincidence" or "that's funny."
Thank Alanis Morisette. |
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Posts: 26734 (06/07/2009 2:24 PM) |
I hate when people use it in that fashion. Its absolutely and totally incorrect and I just think it shows a general ignorance of vocabulary and the English
language.
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Posts: 379 (06/07/2009 2:29 PM) |
I thought it was wrong, too.
But I thought maybe it had a different meaning over there. |
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Posts: 13106 (06/07/2009 2:35 PM) |
In "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," he writes a whole thing about how people very rarely use it correctly. I like to read it every once
in a while when it drives me crazy.
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Posts: 26511 (06/07/2009 2:36 PM)
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Words that start with "i" are often confusing to people, I've found. Ironic, ignorant, the made-up word "irregardless"...
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Posts: 4235 (06/07/2009 2:37 PM) |
 Yeah, she got that wrong.
"It's like a freeeeee riiiddeee when you've already paid" If she has said "I'd never seen Guys and Dolls, which is ironic because I'm playing a role in it now" That could be considered irony because you'd assume that anyone in Guys and Dolls was probably a fan of it, but she couldn't of been a fan of it. |
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Posts: 26735 (06/07/2009 2:44 PM) |
proudhebrew23 wrote:O....M....G......I hate when people say irregardless. Its one of the few things a person can say that will change my opinion of their intelligence immediately. |
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Posts: 9563 (06/07/2009 2:52 PM) |
proudhebrew23 wrote: 
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Posts: 2511 (06/07/2009 2:52 PM) |
I didn't know irregardless wasn't a word
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Posts: 9564 (06/07/2009 2:53 PM) |
LuvBug wrote:"Regardless" is. No "ir" required. |
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Posts: 2512 (06/07/2009 2:54 PM) |
Good to know.
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Certainly Not Dcutie |
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Posts: 15788 (06/07/2009 2:56 PM) |
Jessica used it incorrectly.
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Posts: 50049 (06/07/2009 3:03 PM) |
Yeah...she totally misused it.
SHOCKER.
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