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[Nmenth 291]

That's a paradox, not an antithesis.

[sith_wampa 6]

I wanna snuggie.

[CraftManiac 1]

I want these

 

 

And a Snuggie!

[Inferno 22]

That's a paradox, not an antithesis.

But didn't his nose shrink whenever he told the truth?

[Luk3us 63]

an·tith·e·sis (n-tth-ss)

n. pl. an·tith·e·ses (-sz)

1. Direct contrast; opposition.

2. The direct or exact opposite: Hope is the antithesis of despair.

3.

a. A figure of speech in which sharply contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in a balanced or parallel phrase or grammatical structure, as in "Hee for God only, shee for God in him" (John Milton).

b. The second and contrasting part of such a juxtaposition.

4. The second stage of the Hegelian dialectic process, representing the opposite of the thesis.

 

Just for all you people out there who like using English, instead of fancy pants English.

[Inferno 22]

Just for all you people out there who like using English, instead of fancy pants English.

You consider paradox "normal" english, but antithesis is "fancy" english?

[Luk3us 63]

I said, "fancy pants" English to be clear.

 

As to your question, yes, I feel its used regularly enough to be considered normal.

[Malevolence 6]

Damn it, since when do we start an English lesson thread here?

[Nmenth 291]

Paradox and antithesis are not interchangeable, so it is not normal versus fancy pants. An antithesis relevant to this might be something like Jiminy Cricket is honest while Pinocchio is a liar. A paradox would be something like Pinocchio saying, "My nose will grow now" (hey that sounds familiar!).

 

A paradox is something that disproves itself, an antithesis is more of a counterbalance or counterproof to a point.

 

Damn it, since when do we start an English lesson thread here?

We're commenting on the last picture. Post a new one if you don't like it.

[Inferno 22]

A paradox is something that appears to be contradictive, but really isn't. An antithesis is simply contradictive. Doesn't this picture show that Pinocchio is contradictive?

[Nmenth 291]

paradox (plural paradoxes)

Noun

1. (logic) A self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.

"This sentence is false" is a paradox.

 

A paradox can be literally contradictive and is always self-contradictive. An antithesis must have two components, it cannot be self-contradictive.

[Castleman12 0]

See if this helps:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...18033149AATF2Ca

 

 

[BioBen 3]

Thank you Castleman, MOAR lulz! LESS Engrish!

[Doctor Destiny 41]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Luk3us 63]

Can I link two up in SLI?

[Malevolence 6]

[sith_wampa 6]

^Divide by Zero

[Malevolence 6]

[Luk3us 63]

That is so damn true its not funny.

[Malevolence 6]

[Gben 20]

 

I don't get it...

[Malevolence 6]

Somebody's trying to photocopy some pages from the iBooks feature on iPad.

[Gben 20]

oooh... all I could think was variations of photocopying your bum.

[Luk3us 63]

Somebody's trying to photocopy some pages from the iBooks feature on iPad.

 

lol?

[BioBen 3]

oooh... all I could think was variations of photocopying your bum.

 

sig'd