Ironically

[sagehen]

>I dunno, Alison. I hear sentence-initial "ironically" all the time on live
>TV, and it rarely seems to draw attention to any real "irony."
>
>Here's another ex., if I may paraphrase. (Have I posted this before?)  One
>local news reporter is introduced as having "come to us from KRAP in Salt
>Lake City."  Then he introduces a second reporter by saying, "And joining
>the Action News Team for the first time tonight is Susie Newsie.
>Ironically, Susie grew up in Salt Lake City."
>
>Ironic ?  Or just surprisingly coincidental ?  We report, etc.
>
>JL
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Yes, well.  You may be right, but it's hardly fair to attribute the errors
of others to LA.  I should admit that I know  (& care) less than nothing
about this guy beyond that he's a multi-winner of some (boring!) cycling
race.
AM
(okay, "less than" is hyperbole.)
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>>Here's a paradigm case of "ironically" used to mean "surprisingly" (or
>>maybe even "actually"?)with no evident "irony" intended.
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>>Lance Armstrong was being interviewed on _Fox & Friends_ about the coming
>>Tour de France and about a new Nike running shoe named after him.
>>
>>"And what is the meaning of this yellow stripe on the [side of the] shoe?"
>>
>>"Ironically, there are people who study color and what colors mean to
>>people, and the yellow represents [the color of my jersey]."
>>
>>JL
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>Probably Armstrong meant to draw attention to the irony of using a yellow
>stripe -- symbol of cowardice -- as a feature of a product that was
>supposed to benefit from association with his presumably courageous
>pursuit of his outstanding achievements.
>AM
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