Re: OT: Negation as the indicative standard

Philippe Caquant wrote:

>This is called irony, consisting of letting understand
>the contrary of what's been said. The tone can help to
>detect irony, but what if it's a written texte (with
>no smileys, of course) ?
>
>
Wait, no, it's sarcasm.  Though they're pretty closely related, sarcasm
is more overt(generally using tone of voice).

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