The best explanation of "ironic" I have ever heard! Thank you for it. It is ironic that people who use word 'ironic' in wrong way are usually certain about it's meaning :)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos 🙂🙂thank You instead, for providing us these beautiful videos :-)) im a 15 years boy and i love your channel. never change you have a beautiful channel :D
Ha! Oh what a logical guess, PL is legal in EU! Great guess but totally wrong of course. :-) I guess we'd have to say something like iron-like or iron-ish for that.
really well done with great explanations. The fact that there are two of you with male and female and with different accents makes it fun. I really appreciate it that you are an older couple. Almost everthing these days is done by younger folks so it is a breath of fresh air to see you and I also feel a kind of warmth with you two like a father and mom or grandpa and grandma. Most importantly really well done !!! I subscribed immediately !!
Good morning, dear friends.I became fascinated by your riveting explanation of " ironic"/" irony" expressions and I'm trying to find out my own great examples.Dear Vicky and Jay , thank you very much and Happy Saturday!
Wow thank you guys so much,have been bursting my brains to understand ironic meaning but after watching the video I’ve fully understand thank you guys so much❤️
I expected that irony and/or ironic means both - sarcasm and "made from iron" - and perhaps also the ironed clothing. To me, this seems the way the English language works. I don't know why they are doing that. They have enough words. Words don't need to share meanings. Especially not when, on the other side, there are 5 or 20 words for the same meaning. Hey, that's irony! And yes, I'm also sarcastic about it, but only because the reality is ironic! So I was happy to hear that in this case the two meanings of "ironic" are so closely related that they share the same principal idea - one with regard to reality, the other with regard to a comment about reality. Thank you for this happy start into the weekend! 🌈❤️🌞💐
Hi Leonardo. This is Jay writing back to you We love Brazil and hope to visit there again some day after the pandemic is under control. Thanks for watching our videos.
Hi Vicki Hi Jay nice to see you again It's a pleasure to watch your videos I really like your channel and you're amazing teachers Thank you so much Have a great weekend 😉🇧🇷 stay home
In American English a "cricket" is an insect like a small locust or grasshopper. Crickets also make a chirping sounds at night. There is also a cell phone company in the U.S. called Cricket.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Hello! What is more common in your culture to express the beauty of a woman or a girl: "She is like the moon" or "She's like a rose"?
Great vid. As mentioned in this, we all often get ironic and coincidence muddled up. Here’s a true story for you that I heard on BBC Radio 2 last year, where the subject was about ‘Irony’ A copper from Warwickshire Police travelled on his motorbike to attend a three day presentation/course with a colleague at a hotel in the Swindon area. Over those three days, this copper had his motorbike stolen in the middle of the night. According to the BBC, the ironic bit was that the presentation was about vehicle theft. I disagree with that, I believe there’s coincidence and irony all in the same scenario. The coincidence being that the presentation was about vehicle theft, when the copper had his bike stolen, so a very unfortunate coincidence on his part. The ironic bit was that it was a copper that had his property stolen.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos yes, but going back to your “meeting Chris” story, if I were to say, if I went to the store and met an ex, then that could be ironic, because I would not want to see an ex because usually an ex is a person who someone would get in an argument wi
In India and Pakistan most people think that if it rains in the wedding day the bride or groom must have licked or ate curry from a cooking pot during their childhood. We dont consider rain on wedding day unlucky 😊
Mmm, well that's an idea. So for example, use coincidence rather than irony, for example? That might reduce some AmE and BrE confusion. I'm not sure if it would always be possible though. Thanks
Ah, so you're watching one of our local TV stations, Natalya. By the way (this is Jay writing back to you) I wanted to point out something about the way you wrote the date in this message. Most of the world, including Britain, would do as you have for December 6th, 2020. In British written English, you would see it as 6 December 2020. And the short form you used, 6 12 2020 is correct for native British English speakers. But to an American, it looks like you've written about June 12, 2020, because we would use the following for December 6th: 12/6/2020 :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos That is very kind of you, dear Jay.Thank you very much for your detailed explanation and friendly attention. Yule Blessings and Happy Holidays to you and your family!
growing up, I never used "irony" or "ironic" to talk about something that was sarcastic or facetious. I also never used to use it to describe something being done "ironically" like someone wearing a 70s porn stache in a joking manner. I only ever really knew the definition for something "Strange or done expected" as in the examples of a house next to a fire station burning down, but I certainly never used it for the former uses.
My neighbour started walling inside my garden yesterday, it is ironic because we had iron out all the misunderstandings between us the day before yesterday.
I think the background music should be less, so we can focus on you more, but I'm not sure if this is an ironic occasion. On the contrary, on the condition that your voice volume was much higher that we would not be able to hear any word of your conversation, then we can call it irony because the video seems not to be working with its original essential target.
Yes, it would be ironic if the music was so loud you couldn't here the English lesson. We always try to create a balance between the music and the voices. Most of the time we get it right :-)
Hi Jasmina. Vicki up loads the English subtitles before publishing each video. It should still be available from the CC button on the TH-cam interface. But you can always find the transcript under the video at www.SimpleEnglishVideos.com. Just search for the video title.
Aaaah I remember that Spanish is your mother tongue 😍 Actually your English is ironically excellent (to stick to the subject :D), so I just assumed that you're a fellow English learner due to your name
Going to college for six days is ironic , because we must still at home as much as we can(to prevent the Covid 19 spreading). Is my sentence right or it is grammatically wrong?
I watch a video that explain in depth the accurate mean of the word ironic,the ironic here is that i know very well this word because it comes from my native language,Greek.
Is it really ironic that you would recognize a Greek word in an English Language training program? It might be surprising, but I don't think it has the kind twist of fate that we associate with irony. Thanks for watching.
Hi Typical Sxmmer. I think it's make up you can see. I generally don't wear eye make up but I wore some in this video. I'm not very good at applying it. :-)
Just a kind reminder. If you speak six languages, that does not mean that you are an ironically good linguist or a linguist at all. It only means that you are a polyglot. Being a linguist is something completely different
That truly is ironic, harshdeepsingh. Thanks for your comment. I wanted to mention that we are starting a new live course with Tom. It focuses on improving your English speaking skills. It's a 5 hour course, spread out over every Monday morning in April, starting April 1. The total for all 5 sessions is only 74.95 Euros. If you think you need to improve your speaking skills, get started by clicking this link. www.simpleenglishvideos.com/assessment-form/. And thanks for watching our videos. - Jay
This is real talk... This is ironic and beautiful to see all of these beautiful black women of empowered being able to comnect and share moments with the world d/t modern technology
The best explanation of "ironic" I have ever heard! Thank you for it.
It is ironic that people who use word 'ironic' in wrong way are usually certain about it's meaning :)
So glad you liked it Nikolay. Thanks for writing. :-)
you two are the most lovely couple on the earth🥺💗💗
Thanks so much for the kind words, Freestyle. :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos 🙂🙂thank You instead, for providing us these beautiful videos :-)) im a 15 years boy and i love your channel. never change you have a beautiful channel :D
Isn’t it? I really like this couple.
@@museoflondon6350 yess they're so sweettt aren't theyyy🥺
Title: "What does 'ironic' really mean?"
Me: made from iron?
Ha! Oh what a logical guess, PL is legal in EU! Great guess but totally wrong of course. :-) I guess we'd have to say something like iron-like or iron-ish for that.
That was a good one. I thought it too!
It is from the Greek word "εἴρων" ! No connection with iron.
Thanks for sharing that Dimitra.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Thank YOU for your nice videos!!!
really well done with great explanations. The fact that there are two of you with male and female and with different accents makes it fun. I really appreciate it that you are an older couple. Almost everthing these days is done by younger folks so it is a breath of fresh air to see you and I also feel a kind of warmth with you two like a father and mom or grandpa and grandma. Most importantly really well done !!! I subscribed immediately !!
Awesome lesson,left me speechless, the best way to teach english.
Thanks both of you to clear our doubts related ironic and irony!!
Our pleasure!
I love everything you do because is always intelligent, useful and simple to understand!
Bravi! 👍
That's such a lovely compliment. Thank you, DDOITALY.
I really enjoy your videos. I can learn something, and at the same time enjoy your funny, clever and witty sketches. Thank you!
We're so pleased our videos are helpful for you, Luise. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
Good morning, dear friends.I became fascinated by your riveting explanation of " ironic"/" irony" expressions and I'm trying to find out my own great examples.Dear Vicky and Jay , thank you very much and Happy Saturday!
We're glad you enjoyed this video, Natalya.
It's always a pleasure to watch you both. Such a love couple.
Anyway, the lesson was great as usual.
Stay well and safe.
My MyDanyMax. Great to hear from you as always. Thanks for watching.
Thanks a million for this wonderful lesson!!
You are most welcome, Eder. Thanks for watching.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos It is always a pleasure to watch your videos! Happy New Year!!
Hi Vicki! Hi Jay! 'Ironic' was explained brilliantly in this video; loved all the examples :) Waiting for the 'sarcasm' video :)
We're still working on that one Ahmed, but we'll see it sometime next year :-)
Thank you so much for those videos and that great effort, you explain very easily in a perfect and smooth way, thank you.
You're very welcome!
Thank you very much 🥰, you are my favourite couple. Both words come from Greek: Σαρκασμός και ειρωνία and they have been used for over 3000 years.
Thanks for sharing that, Angelica. Much appreciated.
Wow thank you guys so much,have been bursting my brains to understand ironic meaning but after watching the video I’ve fully understand thank you guys so much❤️
i've been always confused with this word, and you you guys made a video of it! :)
ThankYou!!
and Vicki's hair looks So cute!!!
You mean "Victoria's hair" (no sarcasm 😉)
We're so pleased we could help clear things up for you Bulan. Thanks for letting us know.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos looking forward to new videos!
nice video.. I am on trying to learn englisch for the school, and thats the first good video i ve never seen.
Hi Keno. Thanks for the lovely compliment. Good luck in school and we're very happy to help.
"Obviously he is much older than me."
That look 😂
:-)
Thank you for the explanation❤️
You're most welcome, Jasmeen. Thanks for watching.
I expected that irony and/or ironic means both - sarcasm and "made from iron" - and perhaps also the ironed clothing. To me, this seems the way the English language works. I don't know why they are doing that. They have enough words. Words don't need to share meanings. Especially not when, on the other side, there are 5 or 20 words for the same meaning. Hey, that's irony! And yes, I'm also sarcastic about it, but only because the reality is ironic!
So I was happy to hear that in this case the two meanings of "ironic" are so closely related that they share the same principal idea - one with regard to reality, the other with regard to a comment about reality.
Thank you for this happy start into the weekend! 🌈❤️🌞💐
We're so glad we could add to your understanding of these words, Maiva. Thanks for letting us know and thanks for watching.
That's really a great lesson that I was looking for. Much obliged. You guys are amazing...👌
That's very kind of you to say, Rev Jothi. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our video.
Loved this video! The little skits really add to the experience :)
comprehensible and interesting, thanks!
very nicely explained
Your explanation was brilliant. ⭐️Thank you so much for these videos.⭐️
Lots of love from Mexico.🇲🇽
And, thank you for the lovely compliment and thanks for watching.
In your Keys example, it is ironic that, having had a new set made, they were found behind the photocopier.
Right Stephen. :-)
Awesome video
Thanks, Habib. And thanks for watching.
What another nice video
We're so glad you liked it Shafeek.
Your videos are good....ironically are great
Great video ❤❤ Regards from Argentina
Thank you! 😃
A great video as usual. I had missed watching this wonderful couple. :)
Hello Turgay!!! Great to hear from you. And we're so glad you enjoyed this video. Love to the family.
I'm looking forward to watching the sarcasm video. It was an elaborated description of ironic and l ' ve been using it loosely as a coincidence .
Aha, well we're glad you can now see the two uses. The sarcasm video is in the works, Roxana.
Many famous writers used irony in their literature. Mark Twain could be an example. Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz another one.
Claudio, thanks for letting us know about Eça de Queiroz. Much appreciated.
I absolutely loved this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I loved your channel, I'm from Brazil and Watch your videos.
Hi Leonardo. This is Jay writing back to you We love Brazil and hope to visit there again some day after the pandemic is under control. Thanks for watching our videos.
> Computers are supposed to save your time
even without the sketch shown aforehand, this line is too ironic
Good point, Konstantin.
irony looks like it means "coincidence", but ironically it means dissembler
Amazing video
Love to learn
I really love and enjoy your videos ❤️
Wish you a very Happy Christmas
Stay blessed ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much Saad Ali. Be well and be safe :-)
At the suggestion of Rachel's English, I'm here and I really liked ♥️ subscribed
Claudio, So glad to have you with us. Rachel is a good friend.
Good to be back on another video! :)
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Thank you two so much indeed for your nice effort
Our pleasure!
As always, this video is great! Thanks a looooot❤️❤️❤️❤️
Our pleasure, Isabel. Thanks for watching.
Once I watched your video of IELTS test with Keith , I joined your channel
We're really pleased to have you as part of the Simple English Videos family, Ismail. Thanks for subscribing.
Friends! I have to watch the video several times to understand better, "irony" is for sure a Tricky word,but anyway,Thank you,you Both Rock
Thnak you💓I love your channel so much i learnd alot from you
We're so pleased you like the channel, Sadaf. Thanks for watching our videos.
It's not ironic but a funny coincidence that my grandparents also used to share a birthday... Which would have been just yesterday...
Thanks for sharing that Wolfram. And thanks for watching our video.
Hi Vicki Hi Jay nice to see you again
It's a pleasure to watch your videos
I really like your channel and you're amazing teachers
Thank you so much
Have a great weekend 😉🇧🇷 stay home
Hi Aparecido. Great to hear from. We hope you and your family are all doing well in this awful pandemic.
I love your video. Please make more videos..👍👍😃😃😃😃😃
You'll see a new video every other week Mazni. :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Okay, great!!!♥️
Vicky's hair color is so pretty!
That's kind of you to say, tubrukcoffee.
You are really funny, I love this lesson, I love your way of teaching 😍😍😍😍thanks.
Thank you! 😃
Hello! What does the word "cricket" refer to in your culture? By the way, I think that learning the culture is so important.
In American English a "cricket" is an insect like a small locust or grasshopper. Crickets also make a chirping sounds at night. There is also a cell phone company in the U.S. called Cricket.
RD's answer below is perfect. Thanks for helping out RD.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos Hello! What is more common in your culture to express the beauty of a woman or a girl:
"She is like the moon" or "She's like a rose"?
Very funny and cheerful lesson
Glad you enjoyed it vegitera.
I'm laughing 🤣 😆 😂 6:00 nice one 👌
Yes, George Carlin's jokes are often full of irony. Thanks for watching Ahmed.
So, using Morissetts's song verse regarding the man afraid to fly, if he was at the impact site of a falling plane, that would be ironic?
Great vid. As mentioned in this, we all often get ironic and coincidence muddled up.
Here’s a true story for you that I heard on BBC Radio 2 last year, where the subject was about ‘Irony’
A copper from Warwickshire Police travelled on his motorbike to attend a three day presentation/course with a colleague at a hotel in the Swindon area.
Over those three days, this copper had his motorbike stolen in the middle of the night. According to the BBC, the ironic bit was that the presentation was about vehicle theft.
I disagree with that, I believe there’s coincidence and irony all in the same scenario.
The coincidence being that the presentation was about vehicle theft, when the copper had his bike stolen, so a very unfortunate coincidence on his part.
The ironic bit was that it was a copper that had his property stolen.
This video was so helpfull
The example about Victoria Road and the name is kinda similar to me being a college maths major being born on March 14 (3/14)
Ah, the first three digits of pi! Cool! :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos yes, but going back to your “meeting Chris” story, if I were to say, if I went to the store and met an ex, then that could be ironic, because I would not want to see an ex because usually an ex is a person who someone would get in an argument wi
I love u guys!!!!! You're the best♡
:-)
In India and Pakistan most people think that if it rains in the wedding day the bride or groom must have licked or ate curry from a cooking pot during their childhood. We dont consider rain on wedding day unlucky 😊
Thank you for sharing that interesting cultural point, Saad Ali.
Thank you for your effective way of teaching, I legally learn, Could you explain D-NOTICE? Thank you for clear teaching ❤❤❤❤❤
You are most welcome, @aramnikkhah9373/ Thanks for watching. - Jay
Blessings and much love for you!!! ♥♥
Thank you so much, José. Be well and be safe.
Mmm, well that's an idea. So for example, use coincidence rather than irony, for example? That might reduce some AmE and BrE confusion. I'm not sure if it would always be possible though. Thanks
"Free visits to children of Santa Claus would be completed without...of course...annual Santa photos"
(CBS Philly informed on 6 12 2020
Ah, so you're watching one of our local TV stations, Natalya. By the way (this is Jay writing back to you) I wanted to point out something about the way you wrote the date in this message. Most of the world, including Britain, would do as you have for December 6th, 2020. In British written English, you would see it as 6 December 2020. And the short form you used, 6 12 2020 is correct for native British English speakers. But to an American, it looks like you've written about June 12, 2020, because we would use the following for December 6th: 12/6/2020 :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos That is very kind of you, dear Jay.Thank you very much for your detailed explanation and friendly attention.
Yule Blessings and Happy Holidays to you and your family!
You way of teaching is inspirational
Why don’t you have live classes?
If we had live classes, Ismail, we probably wouldn't have time to make our videos :-)
ironically I really like this videos
Thanks!
growing up, I never used "irony" or "ironic" to talk about something that was sarcastic or facetious. I also never used to use it to describe something being done "ironically" like someone wearing a 70s porn stache in a joking manner. I only ever really knew the definition for something "Strange or done expected" as in the examples of a house next to a fire station burning down, but I certainly never used it for the former uses.
We appreciate your comments and perspective, Ned. Thanks for contributing. - Jay
I was trying to learn some more Arabic in duo when a video about English language appeared in my TH-cam notification box
Was that ironic?
It was certanly and unexpected event, Димитър Дзимбов, and quite different from what you were attempting to do. Ironic might indeed apply :-)
I like the background music..but ironically it its to loud. when you speak
My neighbour started walling inside my garden yesterday, it is ironic because we had iron out all the misunderstandings between us the day before yesterday.
Yes, Md. Khurshed Alam, that unexpected nature of the event would indeed be ironic.
Very useful, thanks! And thanks for being always adorable
We're so pleased you enjoyed it Simone.
Isn‘t there this great song : Ebony and irony by Paul McCartney 🤔🤔 😜😜
LOL - good one. For others reading this note, David was, of course, referring to McCartney's Ebony and Ivory. :-)
I think the background music should be less, so we can focus on you more, but I'm not sure if this is an ironic occasion. On the contrary, on the condition that your voice volume was much higher that we would not be able to hear any word of your conversation, then we can call it irony because the video seems not to be working with its original essential target.
Yes, it would be ironic if the music was so loud you couldn't here the English lesson. We always try to create a balance between the music and the voices. Most of the time we get it right :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos thanks for your feedback.
Thanks.
You are most welcom, JediWebSurf. Thanks for watching.
Thanks so much !
We miss the “ English subtitle translation”
Hi Jasmina. Vicki up loads the English subtitles before publishing each video. It should still be available from the CC button on the TH-cam interface. But you can always find the transcript under the video at www.SimpleEnglishVideos.com. Just search for the video title.
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Yes I see Mr Jay !
But this video with “auto English translation” only
My new motorcycle cover was stolen beside the BGH hospital entrance parking and it's replaced with the old one. That's too ironic.
Indeed it is, Taga. :-)
In Spanish word is Irónico, same significate. ( _e ró nee kho_ )
Yes. And this word have the same meaning in Portuguese (my mother tongue). It is "irônico". ¡Saludos desde Brasil!
@@ederantonio106 mother tonge is wrong, my dear. Lengua materna you wanted to say. It is my *native language* . 😘
@@crist67mustang No, (native tongue) is also correct, you know? It is another way of saying. 😁
@@ederantonio106 tongue es lengua, Pero se refiere como a la parte de la boca, no a un idioma. Eso.
@@crist67mustang Saying "mother tongue" is a way of saying it in Black English.
Aaaah I remember that Spanish is your mother tongue 😍
Actually your English is ironically excellent (to stick to the subject :D), so I just assumed that you're a fellow English learner due to your name
you two are the most lovely couple on the earth
Thank you, Taher, for that lovely comment. Much appreciated.
I love the George Carlin quote.
Hi. Yes, it was one our favorites too :-)
They all are to funny and cute at the same time
Going to college for six days is ironic , because we must still at home as much as we can(to prevent the Covid 19 spreading).
Is my sentence right or it is grammatically wrong?
Nice to meet you. It can mean that, but normally it's more peculiar
Good observation, Alex! Thanks for your comment! Tom
My home is right next to the fire station 😇thanks for the superclass
Well Aneesh, if that's the case it must be reassuring. If we lived next to a fire station the sirens would keep us up at night :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos thank you so much sir
Ironic situation...or sarcasm...Santa Claus in a plastic mask...
Since we expected Santa Claus to be without a mask, and open and friendly, seeing something else would be unexpected and a bit ironic.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos I really love your brilliant explanations.Nice work and MANY THANKS!
nice video
Thanks
ironically right, ironically right
We say that sarcasm is "bitter" irony
That's really fascinating, Іван Омаров. Thanks for sharing that.
@@SimpleEnglishVideos I'm glad I was useful. Love you! Stay healthy!
This video about irony isn't ironic at all. What an irony! : )
Good line, Sergio. :-)
Shakespear is the master of Dramatic irony.
Well put, Natalya.
It IS confusing, I agree. If only Jay would use 'irony' like me
I watch a video that explain in depth the accurate mean of the word ironic,the ironic here is that i know very well this word because it comes from my native language,Greek.
Is it really ironic that you would recognize a Greek word in an English Language training program? It might be surprising, but I don't think it has the kind twist of fate that we associate with irony. Thanks for watching.
Vicky is your eyes alright? Or is it makeup? Sorry I did not meant to be rude.
Hi Typical Sxmmer. I think it's make up you can see. I generally don't wear eye make up but I wore some in this video. I'm not very good at applying it. :-)
Good afternoon long time no see you
Hi Suk. We're here with a new video every other week :-)
Just a kind reminder. If you speak six languages, that does not mean that you are an ironically good linguist or a linguist at all. It only means that you are a polyglot. Being a linguist is something completely different
You're so adorable 💗
When I was a kid, I hated math, but in high school I got the best grades in it and that's ironic
That truly is ironic, harshdeepsingh. Thanks for your comment. I wanted to mention that we are starting a new live course with Tom. It focuses on improving your English speaking skills. It's a 5 hour course, spread out over every Monday morning in April, starting April 1. The total for all 5 sessions is only 74.95 Euros. If you think you need to improve your speaking skills, get started by clicking this link. www.simpleenglishvideos.com/assessment-form/. And thanks for watching our videos. - Jay
This is real talk... This is ironic and beautiful to see all of these beautiful black women of empowered being able to comnect and share moments with the world d/t modern technology
People are becoming so intelligent day by day, this is very ironic.
To know what I really really mean, here's a hint: I am using sarcasm twice here 😗
Good one, Aryan.
💗💗💗💗
:-)