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Differences among sarcastic, sardonic and ironic



 
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Differences among sarcastic, sardonic and ironic #1 (permalink) Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:35 am   Differences among sarcastic, sardonic and ironic
 

I kind of know their meanings, but I don't understand the differences among them. Can anyone give me the definitions and some examples. Thanks!!
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differences among sarcastic, sardonic and ironic?! #2 (permalink) Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:59 am   differences among sarcastic, sardonic and ironic?!
 

There are many places on the internet where this has been discussed, since many native speakers find the difference equally hard to remember, if that is any consolation. Example:
http://www.blurtit.com/q533209.html
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