Can I complement everyone on their grammar and syntax?

[Lou]

i can't believe we made it 3 pages on this thread without anyone pointing out that the thread title has the wrong spelling of compliment...
i'm embarassed to be a member of this board now...

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Yeah, I know, I noticed it, but hoped no one else would. Since was my mistake!

Could someone define irony, please?

 

[Caplan]

Could someone define irony, please?

Irony is defined as...

• The humorous (or mildly sarcastic) use of words to imply something different from, and often opposite to, their literal meaning.
• An expression marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning, usually to draw attention to some incongruity[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1[/FONT] or irrationality.
• A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.
• Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, or an occurrence or circumstance notable for such incongruity

Irony can be humorous, but most humour is not ironic. Some informative examples of what irony is not come, ironically, from the Alanis Morissette song 'Ironic'. Here are a few.

• An old man turned 98/He won the lottery and died the next day - Tragedy, not irony.
• It's a black fly in your chardonnay - Bummer but not ironic (although there is arguably some irony in the fly being black, however this does at least mean you don't ingest it with the drink).
• It's a death row pardon two minutes too late - Not irony, just another example of why the death penalty is fatally flawed.
• It's like rain on your wedding day - Not even close, unless you've gone from Manchester to Hawaii for your wedding and get the first rain in August for 30 years, while Manchester experiences glorious sunshine, and how likely is that?
• A traffic jam when you're already late - certainly fails the 'unexpected' criterion.
• A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break - more of a life-saver than an irony, that.
• It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife - Not unless you are in the Acme Knife Factory being approached by a mad axeman and reach behind you for a weapon, only to find that you're in the newly-opened spoon department.

Not my own work i admit but sums it up nicely......

 

[Caplan]

An old man turned 98/He won the lottery and died the next day - Tragedy, not irony

Although this isn't really tragedy - He lived to 98 and still managed to play the lottery - hardly falls into the ancient Greek term for the word!

 

[Regicider]

...and here I thought irony meant "kind of like iron".

 

[Alembic]

I agree with Billy that the users of this forum for the most part make an effort to write posts with the proper spelling, syntax etc. For me that is one aspect that makes this forum enjoyable to read. I find I have some internal bias that if the poster can't make an effort to write decently, then in way, I can't take their post seriously. Writing horribly shows a sort of lack of respect to your fellow posters in my opinion.

Typos and such I don't count, the point is the writer is making an effort to be understood.

Anyway, I love this forum!

 

[homebrewer_99]

Me to...scratch that, me two...scratch that, me too!!!

 

[Sasquatch]

Sasquatch also think everyone type good.

I had a philosophy prof who said at the start of term, "If you hand me an essay and I find more than 3 spelling mistakes in it, I will return it to you. I have difficulty taking you seriously as an academic if I think you are a moron."

 

[sudsmonkey]

For me , it pays to just communicate the best you can. When you're finished, just throw a bunch of punctuation marks in. Most of us don't know the difference.

I do appreciate a well written post that can be understood. I guess it's important since we all comunicate through the written word here.

 

[El Pistolero]

• It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife

I still think it's 10,000 hole in Blackburne, Lancashire.

 

[uglygoat]

what is this grammer and syntax you speak of?

 

[Caplan]

I still think it's 10,000 hole in Blackburne, Lancashire.

Blackburn isn't far away from me. I wouldn't try digging holes with spoons either.The rain is pretty bad but nowhere near as bad as the lower Pennines....

 

[EvilTOJ]

...and here I thought irony meant "kind of like iron".

Well, it means SOME kind of mettle

 

[El Pistolero]

LMAO...good one twin.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Waddayamean I hafta pay a "Sin Tax" now?

 

[El Pistolero]

Waddayamean I hafta pay a "Sin Tax" now?

You do if you want to take a taxi to a ***** bar in Houston.

 

[sudsmonkey]

I still think it's 10,000 hole in Blackburne, Lancashire.

I undestand that they had to count them all. Coincidentally, that's the same number of holes it would take to fill the Albert Hall. Is THAT irony ?

 

[El Pistolero]

WOW...two different definitions for irony in the same drunken ramble....you're right Billy, we really are hot stuff when it comes to syntax and sin tax and stuff.

 

[Regicider]

Don't forget grandma. We got com-plee-ments for her, too.

 

[SwAMi75]

Censorship would be altering something that someone did INTENTIONALLY. I believe most grammatically errors are not intentional.

You're probably right.

Dude....that's friggin' awesome. :rockin:

 

[Brewpastor]

I'm TERRIBLE at there and thier. How about a lesson?

There indicates a place, as in, "it is over there." So, just remember that "HERE" is in THERE, "Their" is related to things, such as "It is their beer", so remember that "IR" (I are) is in THEIR.

Lesson over. You may go have a beer.

 

[Chairman Cheyco]

Failed english? That's unpossible!

 

[todd_k]

Failed english? That's unpossible!

Where have I heard that before? Gotta love Ralph Wiggum...

Me fail English? That's unpossible!