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[Charles Doyle]

No, no!  What's IRONIC is growing up in Wichita.  You see, most people DON'T.

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:54:39 -0700
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: "ironically" again
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
>  "Joe Blow is an aviation artist who created this print of a DC-3 landing at the Wichita airport in 1938.  Ironically, Joe grew up in Wichita."
>
>  "Joe grew up in Wichita," "Joe even grew up in Wichita," "Joe actually grew up in Wichita," "Joe grew up in Wichita himself," all sound pretty simple-minded in contrast to the unutterable irony of growing up there and then painting a picture of the place decades later.
>
>  Goak.
>
>  JL

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