Irony, Delicious irony

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  1. modestbiggles

    modestbiggles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It seems to all and sundry like the plan for Amir Khan is to face the winner of the Morales / Barrios fight for a WBA/IBF/WBC unification. Now this would obviously be excellent for Khan to have on his resume, but does anyone else see the great irony in it?

    A few years ago, when Khan was plying his trade under the promotional banner of a certain Mr Warran, and having suffered his first defeat, the most likely route to the top of the sport would be via some bull**** soft WBO title fight.

    It now looks like Khan will reach the top of the Light Welterweight division having won all of the belts except that one. Just goes to show what a change there has been in his career over the last few years.
     
  2. Jonsey

    Jonsey Boxing Junkie banned

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    [url]http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ironic[/url]
     
  3. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    :lol:

    It's ironic in a sense...
     
  4. miguel2010

    miguel2010 His hands are his weapons Full Member

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    hate that word.....what do americans say when they want to resume doing something, like start back at the gym.....its a c.v not a resume, and im saying it like im starting to do something again like im resuming it.

    mental use of the word, can anyone see where im coming from?
     
  5. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    Miguel, Résumé and Resume mean different things and are pronounced differently. One means to star again and the other means…

    [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9[/url]

    But yeah, a CV is clearer without the special characters. But it doesn’t really fit well with boxing.
     
  6. ScubaSteve

    ScubaSteve Dwylo o Garreg Full Member

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    :lol:

    The words résumé and resume are pronounced differently as well as meaning entirely different things.
     
  7. miguel2010

    miguel2010 His hands are his weapons Full Member

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    i just think its a mental word mate.
     
  8. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    Which is fair enough - I kind of like it. It sounds nicer than CV.
     
  9. Scottrf

    Scottrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Worst definitions ever.

    1. Containing irony.
    2. Ironical

    :patsch
     
  10. modestbiggles

    modestbiggles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    all in all, i'm glad i started this thread... turned out well.
     
  11. WalletInspector

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    It's called a record.
     
  12. Scottrf

    Scottrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I guess it's a fairly interesting point, but there isn't much to say in response?
     
  13. miguel2010

    miguel2010 His hands are his weapons Full Member

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    imagine somebody is reading an article about something and they dont know what resume/cv means.....lost in translation.
     
  14. miguel2010

    miguel2010 His hands are his weapons Full Member

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    even easier mate :good
     
  15. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    You could say that for pretty much anything. I think CV and resume are fairly common and you can usually guess the context from the surrounding words. To be fair, you need to know your audience. But I prefer to discuss a fighter's record.