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"Irony" is not what you think it is.

• diego_moita 16y ago
  > "Irony" is not what you think it is. Well, maybe. In English it seems that "irony" conveys only a rhetorical effect. In Latin derived languages (Spanish, Portuguese), however, it also conveys a situation that turns out to be not what it seems at first sight; as in the Greek root eirōneía (dissimulation). We call it ironia del destino (destiny's irony). E.g.: one would expect a site that publishes news concerned about privacy not to collect information about visitors without them knowing it. But I concede that English restricts the meaning of this word. Thanks for the correction.
  • esmevane 16y ago
    You used the word properly. In addition, your response smacks of philosophical irony. Further, I think it's ironic that even people who champion the proper use of ironic, don't know what it genuinely signifies. I'd love to say it's also unfortunate that people put much thought into correcting others' use of the term, but that in and of itself would be an ironic statement.
• Joakal 16y ago
  How about Ghostery themselves providing services to the advertisement industry? [0] [0] http://www.ghostery.com/faq http://www.ghostery.com/faq (Last paragraph)
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  • taylorbuley 16y ago
    Interesting. So Ghostery users appear to opt-in to being tracked, then Ghostery shares that information with others. http://news.ghostery.com/2011/03/04/ghostery-helps-the-bbb-track-the-trackers/ http://news.ghostery.com/2011/03/04/ghostery-helps-the-bbb-t...
• anigbrowl 16y ago
  Ironically, it is what he thinks it is.
• wdr1 16y ago
  Until 51% of population uses it incorrectly. Then, because English reflects usage, they become correct.