tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993518718588952892.post3595270092200820847..comments2023-11-30T15:30:10.482+13:00Comments on True Paradigm: Humour, wit, satire,...bethyadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08990677679970591625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993518718588952892.post-12694556788397914572012-07-26T13:37:39.568+12:002012-07-26T13:37:39.568+12:00Yes, wrong detail, but a fine and useful quote :) ...Yes, wrong detail, but a fine and useful quote :) from an excellent if elderly work.Tim Bulkeleyhttp://bigbible.org/sansblogue/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993518718588952892.post-8693674920732841442012-07-25T19:41:26.617+12:002012-07-25T19:41:26.617+12:00Jc_Freak, quite possibly, happy to defer to you on...Jc_Freak, quite possibly, happy to defer to you on matters of grammar and syntax, my knowledge is better in the sciences.<br /><br />Tim, I saw both 1906 and 1926 in my searches. I (erroneously) assumed it published on the earlier date and republished/ reprinted later. It seems 1906 was when he wrote <i>The King's English</i>.bethyadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990677679970591625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993518718588952892.post-7011024120061423072012-07-25T15:47:25.437+12:002012-07-25T15:47:25.437+12:00Thanks for a really interesting quote.
I think y...Thanks for a really interesting quote. <br /><br />I think you'll both find though that the book was first published in 1926 (not 1906) and that the edition used for the quotation is the 2006 celebration edition David Crystal put out for OUP. I'd be interested in any evidence you may have that the word meanings have changed. Because sceptical...Tim Bulkeleyhttp://5minutebible.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7993518718588952892.post-73305273980846937942012-07-25T12:41:03.660+12:002012-07-25T12:41:03.660+12:00I think some of these terms have changed meanings ...I think some of these terms have changed meanings over the years. For instance, sarcasim and sardonic have been inflated, so that most mean sardonic when they say sarcastic. Humour has come to mean the general category within which the rest of the terms fall. I'm not sure what he means by cynicism, but I am pretty sure it doesn't mean the same thing now.Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.com