| [ garbages ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): ducklove (오리사랑) 날 짜 (Date): 2011년 03월 31일 (목) 오후 02시 37분 08초 제 목(Title): Re: [어난] 멜트 다운 - Poe's Law.. According to the Encyclopedia Brittannica: The term irony has its roots in the Greek comic character Eiron, a clever underdog who by his wit repeatedly triumphs over the boastful character Alazon. The Socratic irony of the Platonic dialogues derives from this comic origin.[7] According to Richard Whately: Aristotle mentions..Eironeia, which in his time was commonly employed to signify, not according to the modern use of ‘Irony, saying the contrary to what is meant’, but, what later writers usually express by Litotes, i.e. ‘saying less than is meant’.[8] The word came into English as a figure of speech in the 16th century as similar to the French ironie. It derives from the Latin ironia and ultimately from the Greek ε?ρωνε?α eir?neia, meaning dissimulation, ignorance purposely affected =================== from wiki |