Tapsearch Com EditorNo, it's not ironic
September 22nd 2007 00:59
I can tell I'm getting way too obsessed with language. I read a piece about gun control, one of the issues I care most about, and this is what stood out to me:
That is not ironic. It's coincidental that, as they're having this debate, there's a new development in the case. But it's not ironic.
My number one piece of advice to writers on this topic: Do not use any form of the word "irony." Ever.
If you insist, here's Wikipedia's useful definition:
"A number of big-city mayors decided it was more important to blame the manufacturers of a legal product than it was to control crime in their own cities," McCain said.
Ironically, a federal court in New York will hear arguments Friday on the lawsuit Giuliani filed as mayor against gun makers and distributors over violent crimes involving guns.
Ironically, a federal court in New York will hear arguments Friday on the lawsuit Giuliani filed as mayor against gun makers and distributors over violent crimes involving guns.
That is not ironic. It's coincidental that, as they're having this debate, there's a new development in the case. But it's not ironic.
My number one piece of advice to writers on this topic: Do not use any form of the word "irony." Ever.
If you insist, here's Wikipedia's useful definition:
Irony is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). Irony may also arise from a discordance between acts and results, especially if it is striking, and seen by an outside audience.
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