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Ha, that song has taken quite a bit of heat. People say that in actuality, she doesn't describe anything ironic, which intrinsically, is ironic :) However, I'd contend that a fly in your Chardonnay is ironic. But rain on your wedding day; that's just unfortunate.
From King of Queens
Jerry Stiller(Arthur Spooner): "Douglass, you were right, I thought ironic meant made completely of iron" hehe.
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"The ironing is delicious."
Re: English Pet Peeves & Common Mistakes
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Has she ever been engaged in a movie or TV series? I think I saw her somewhere in that capacity. She looks so familiar.
Does the English teacher refer to the song as an exemplary “don’t do that in a public place and especially when children are present” thingy?
Personally, the song’s lyrics struck me as particularly understandable, unlike so many others. And is there really something wrong with the ironic there? Isn’t it an irony of fate for an old man to die having just won the lottery?
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Ed Byrne's take on the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg
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It might have been funny if the song were bad, but it isn’t. The song is nice and the prick thrashing Alanis Morissette reminds me of our Comedy Club’s patron Павел Воля – as equally a sh*t-face of titanic proportion.
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It might have been funny if the song were bad, but it isn’t. The song is nice and the prick thrashing Alanis Morissette reminds me of our Comedy Club’s patron Павел Воля – as equally a sh*t-face of titanic proportion.
thank you for your opinion :-)
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Another one --
"For all intensive purposes". The phrase is actually "for all intents and purposes", but the former version is heard rather frequently.
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Okay... my mom wants help with this one.... Robin... it sounds as if you might know the answer???
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Someone wrote to her and stated:
"I'm guessing that your focus on the ZNH festival in Eatonville, FL (which while it is not -- as it turns out -- her birthplace, it is her place of birth!)"
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My mom wrote to me stating: I don't understand the difference between her birthplace and her place of birth ...
ANYONE??? even if it's not Robin :D
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To me there's no difference, but there's a paragraph here which implies that there are countries where there is one.
Robin
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Okay... my mom wants help with this one.... Robin... it sounds as if you might know the answer???
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Someone wrote to her and stated:
"I'm guessing that your focus on the ZNH festival in Eatonville, FL (which while it is not -- as it turns out -- her birthplace, it is her place of birth!)"
[quote:zj16m5xh]My mom wrote to me stating: I don't understand the difference between her birthplace and her place of birth ...
ANYONE??? even if it's not Robin :D[/quote:zj16m5xh]
There is absolutely no difference, unless the meaning of "place of birth" here is metaphorical. You didn't provide context of the sentence, but "festival" could imply "creative" birth. This depends on context. In this case, birthplace (where one is born biologically) would be contrasted with place where one is born as an artist / reborn as Jehova's witness :) / whatever form of metaphorical birth.
The wikipedia link to "place of birth" redirects from "birthplace" (i.e. they are identical). Webster's defines "birthplace" AS "place of birth"
"Am i not?" VS. "Aren't i?"
So i and my friends were chatting yesterday in G.Ch. and we faced this grammatical issue, however we kinda pass it by a semi-misinterpretation.
So i think it does worth a little time to check these links for anyone who is anxious to know. [ and specially iCake (Who's about to become a professional English speaker) and Medved ! ]
- http://www.grammarerrors.com/grammar/arent-iam-i-not/
- http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/in...ic=5041.0;wap2
Also any comment on it would be appreciated!