Re: OT: Negation as the indicative standard

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).

--- Joe <joe@...> wrote:
> 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).

=====
Philippe Caquant

"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

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