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Dgar Dgar @dgar@aus. social:

The adjective for metal is metallic.

Not so for iron, which is ironic.

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[–] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Adjective for iron is ferric

Save a google search or two

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'd generally use "ferrous". I think both are correct interchangeably outside of chemistry.

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you might be referring to Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago. He prefers to be addressed as Mr. Froman.

[–] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, bravo good sir. Well done!

[–] YodaDaCoda@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I prefer iron-y.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

It's not ironic. It's just coincidental.

Now fork over those ladyfingers, cookie.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The song Ironic contains a list of many things, none of which are ironic, making the song extremely ironic.

[–] trailing9@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And iron man is not female.

[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Dammit, I was just going to post exactly the same thing

[–] vine@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

do you pronounce it "Eye-yern" or "Eye-run"?

[–] Tarkcanis@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arn

Yes, I'm from the middle of nowhere.

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's so funny that people from Baltimore have approximately the same issue with that sentence as a shoeless hillbilly from Texas. I like those guys.

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

now that's some eye-urny

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago
[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This post is ferrousey!