Dgar Dgar @dgar@aus. social:
The adjective for metal is metallic.
Not so for iron, which is ironic.
Adjective for iron is ferric
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this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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I'd generally use "ferrous". I think both are correct interchangeably outside of chemistry.
I think you might be referring to Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago. He prefers to be addressed as Mr. Froman.
Wow, bravo good sir. Well done!
I prefer iron-y.
It's not ironic. It's just coincidental.
Now fork over those ladyfingers, cookie.
The song Ironic contains a list of many things, none of which are ironic, making the song extremely ironic.
And iron man is not female.
yet
Dammit, I was just going to post exactly the same thing
Daaaaaad!
This post is ferrousey!
do you pronounce it "Eye-yern" or "Eye-run"?
Eye-urn?
Arn
Yes, I'm from the middle of nowhere.
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.
now that's some eye-urny
I, Ron.