The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #131553   Message #2982815
Posted By: Richard Bridge
08-Sep-10 - 09:10 PM
Thread Name: Chaversham Hop Festival (3-5 Sept 2010)
Subject: RE: Chaversham Hop Festival (3-5 Sept 2010)
1. Ah, sorry, I thought the lower case L was a typing error.
2. Irony or humour by way of lampoon depend on sufficient accuracy. See footnote.
3. Again - I said "appears" ignorant.
4. Some of the buildings in Faversham are very nice.
5. I offered no definition of "chav".

Footnote:

"Verbal irony is a disparity of expression and intention: when a speaker says one thing but means another, or when a literal meaning is contrary to its intended effect. An example of this is when someone says "Oh, that's beautiful", when what they mean (probably conveyed by their tone) is they find "that" quite ugly.

Dramatic irony is a disparity of expression and awareness: when words and actions possess a significance that the listener or audience understands, but the speaker or character does not. For example when a character says to another "I'll love you until I die!" not realizing a piano is about to crush them.

Situational irony is the disparity of intention and result: when the result of an action is contrary to the desired or expected effect. Likewise, cosmic irony is disparity between human desires and the harsh realities of the outside world. By some definitions, situational irony and cosmic irony are not irony at all, which is quite ironic."