Re: OT: Negation as the indicative standard

Philippe Caquant wrote:

>Sarcasm is a more biting or offending sort of irony
>(greek sarkazein = to bite flesh). That must be why
>the cynics are sarcastic (kunos = dog).
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Who's the native speaker here?  ;-)

Sarcasm doesn't have to be offensive.

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