Re: Mirage 10-20 conversation
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Woman1: (sardonically) "You must be fascinated with all this talk about shoes."
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I think you meant sarcastically?
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I used sardonically because there was no bitterness in her remark, although there was an element of mockery--perhaps self-mockery. Facetiously crossed my mind, but I rejected it because, at least to me, it can connote a degree of failure in the attempt at humor. I learned long ago not use the word jocularly on these forums. I think ironically might have been a choice we could all have lived with, but saw it as having becomed hackneyed through overuse by english majors. The only other word I considered was jestingly, but it evokes clownishness and I didn't want to evoke clownishness.
How does the poll thingy work?
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