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Thread ID: 58957	2005-06-17 07:17:00	Need help on clarifying some English words	Renmoo (66)	PC World Chat

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364711	2005-06-25 07:52:00	From what I learned in English when we were researching under the topic "Advertising", you are emplying the technique "Repetition", Steve L :D Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
364712	2005-06-26 00:06:00	From what I learned in English when we were researching under the topic "Advertising", you are emplying the technique "Repetition", Steve L :D Cheers :) I don't know how that happened :confused: ....must have had a shaky mouse hand. you are emplying the technique James, I believe the word should be 'employing', or perhaps 'implying'. Maybe Graham_L, aka "Pedant", will help us here. BTW James, did you ever decide on what type of volunteer :thumbs: work you are going to do at the end of the year?	Strommer (42)
364713	2005-06-26 02:48:00	Okay, I do not know whether to call this freaky or eerie, but I think I dreamt about I had forgotten to add an "o" to the word "employing" last night. I'm not too sure about that, but I had a vague memory that I had spelt wrongly the word "employing" this morning. I myself haven't decide yet what sort of community work am I going to do this year, will check it out this coming during term 3's holiday. If all community service centre is full (which is highly unlikely), I will go to the local temple and become a monk for, 2 weeks? Or, if any of you need an assistance in terms of working with computer stuff, I am glad to lend a handy hand. Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
364714	2005-06-27 01:32:00	"Handy-hands" aside, perhaps you could spend the next two weeks repairing the 7 minute discrepancy in your New Zealand clock . Either that or a two-week attempt to swim from NZ to, say . . . the US! (I personally prefer something like a two week long trout fishing expedition in the High Sierras near Lake Tahoe . )	SurferJoe46 (51)
364715	2005-07-11 15:23:00	What is the difference between hypocritical and sarcastic? :stare: :waughh: Can you form a sentence for each word, please? Thanks a lot! Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
364716	2005-07-11 17:48:00	What is the difference between hypocritical and sarcastic? :stare: :waughh: Can you form a sentence for each word, please? Thanks a lot! Cheers :)Hypocracy is to preach one thing, but live a completely different standard. The court appearance and subsequent conviction of the former politician proved his moral stand to be somewhat hypocritical. The protestor denied that she was hypocritical, but after chaining herself to a tree to save the native forest, went home to her new remu house. Sarcasm is to say the exact opposite of what one means, but usually done in such a way that it is hopefully understood to be sarcasm. Sarcasm is often cruel or negative. In the following example, lets assume that Timmy is not the brightest..... Having read the utter rubbish that Timmy had written, John rolled his eyes and resorted to a sarcastic comment, "O yes, that's the cleverest thing i ever read!" Everyone laughed, but the sarcasm was lost on poor confused Timmy Another example of sarcasm is in the name below He was an enourmous ugly biker called Tiny.	personthingy (1670)
364717	2005-07-11 19:16:00	Personthingy has explained & given you good examples, James. Just one thing to add- Sarcasm is obvious at the time the comments are made. Hypocritical words are not always recognised as such at the time. That's because they seem to be influenced by beliefs. To know they are hypocritical, you need to realise that the speaker doesn't truly believe them - and you may not get that knowledge until later.	Laura (43)
364718	2005-07-11 21:42:00	Hypocracy is to preach one thing, but live a completely different standard. Perhaps you can further explain your explanation on Hypocracy, personthingy? I stumble upon the word "hypocritical" and check up Wordweb for the meaning. It says "Professing feelings or virtues one does not have", which sounds like sarcasm to me. I understand the meaning of sarcasm, but I am still somewhat confused over the meaning of "hypocritical". And thanks for the great explanation! Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
364719	2005-07-11 22:43:00	Another example of sarcasm is in the name below He was an enourmous ugly biker called Tiny. Just to muddy the waters, this is an example of "irony" - : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning, : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form Sarcasm - 1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain. 2 : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual. The difference is that irony is often humourous whereas sarcasm is always hurtful. Hypocrisy - : a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion. Ok so the difference with hypocrisy is that it is a personal quality of an individual. It is a judgement about that person's values. They say one thing, but actually do the opposite. For example, Graham Capil led the Christian Heritage Party preaching family values during elections. But in his private life he turned out to be a child molester. So he said one thing, but did the other. Sarcasm is a bitter use of words to hurt another person.	Winston001 (3612)
364720	2005-07-11 23:40:00	For example, Graham Capil led the Christian Heritage Party preaching family values during elections. But in his private life he turned out to be a child molester. So he said one thing, but did the other. Funny, that was the exact real life example i was thinking of when i wrote my sentence using the words hypocrisy and politician. The other example was a woman i know from the rent-a-protest mob. In both cases you have people going out of there way to attract media attention and tell us what standards to live by. In both cases they have grossly failed to live by the standards they have set for others. By doing this these people and others like them are living examples of hypocrisy. Its possably of note that those fuelled by guilt are often the loudest in preaching against what they do. I find it very difficult to have respect for those who display consistant public hypocrisy Sometimes the lines between hypocrisy and sarcasm can be blurred, but only by what the standards of the speaker might be. Here's an example of sarcasm: O look some considerate ******* has parked across both car spaces in front of my house again. I'll just have to park down the street. OK, clearly i am condemning the inefficiancy and thoughtlessness of someones parking habits. The word considerate is pure sarcasm in this context. Some might argue that i am a hypocite because i often park my own truck in front of my house, which takes up both car parks, allthough seeing its a vehicle thats quite long and actually requires that much space, some might say that i am not a hypocrite as what i was complaining about was someone making no effert to take only as little space(s) as they need. I could give many clear examples of hypocrisy. All would involve people attacking others for being below some standard, while in private the hypocrite is being exactly what he/she is acusing others of.	personthingy (1670)
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