Irony is a linguistic trust fall. When I write or speak with a double meaning, I fall backwards, hoping that you’ll be there to catch me.Source: Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
The risks are high: misaimed irony can gravely injure the conversation.
But the rewards are high, too: the sublime joy of feeling purely understood, the comfort of knowing someone’s on your side.
No wonder people through the ages kept trying so hard to write it.
Friday, January 10, 2020
A linguistic trust fall
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