Re: Seven storms, fighting storms, seven wind (Orlanthi theology)

From: Boris Yarko <babeldemeter3_at_bKpP_zTpvmQhYIree65Nbi4mTX4UziBz1dogdz57jU9TdB0v2qC82nxjea9DGY>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:29:22 -0000


> > Have you ever heard about the concept of irony ?
>
> Yes, and that wasn't it. Irony is when the opposite of
> an intention occurs in a narrative.

Yes, it was... in the first sense of the word (the socratic one): "feigned ignorance" as I know that Greg is no deity. I used the term "irony" to describe my ethos (in the rhetoric sense) : attitude taken by the speaker.

> I think you meant satire, when a statement contains
> some truth but is elaborated to the point of
> caricature and parody.

Satire fits too.

> Or even more likely, I'm being a literature nerd ;-)

As I'm too. :)

Regards

Boris            

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