OT: Sarcasm and irony

[mensanator at aol.com]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2006-10-11, mensanator at aol.com <mensanator at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >> Like Alanis Morisette said about the song "Isn't it Ironic":
> >> What's ironic about the song is that it doesn't actually
> >> contain any irony.
> >
> > Any? Don't people plan June weddings thinking the weather
> > will be nice? And isn't one of the defintions of irony when
> > things turn out the opposite of what you expect?
>
> Not really, no.

American Heritage Dictionary:
irony: 4. Incongruity between what might be expected to happen
and what actually occurs.

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