tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post1124647212172059465..comments2024-03-25T04:52:13.319-07:00Comments on BizarroBlog: Cartoons and CONTEST!Pirarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340738828876740970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-83239849410315676152009-11-05T14:12:14.137-08:002009-11-05T14:12:14.137-08:00I have no idea what the word "ironic" ac...<i>I have no idea what the word "ironic" actually means.</i><br /><br />More importantly, the police officer in your cartoon has no idea what the word actually means.Incorporeal Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769612675223389379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-26865856631163728442009-11-05T09:11:28.150-08:002009-11-05T09:11:28.150-08:00Dictionary.com lists "coincidental; unexpecte...Dictionary.com lists "coincidental; unexpected" as a definition for ironic, which exactly matches the context of the cartoon.ilibbushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211563241989607972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-42118360360254288482009-11-05T08:56:26.893-08:002009-11-05T08:56:26.893-08:00In contrast to one of your readers' response, ...In contrast to one of your readers' response, it appears your use of "ironically" is acceptable.<br /><br />The following is from:<br />http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ironic<br /><br />1. containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.<br />2. ironical.<br />3. coincidental; unexpected: It was ironic that I was seated next to my ex-husband at the dinner. <br /><br />Usage Note: The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply "coincidental" or "improbable," in that they suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly. Thus 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of ironically in the sentence In 1969 Susie moved from Ithaca to California where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York. Some Panelists noted that this particular usage might be acceptable if Susie had in fact moved to California in order to find a husband, in which case the story could be taken as exemplifying the folly of supposing that we can know what fate has in store for us. By contrast, 73 percent accepted the sentence Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.<br /><br />jwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com