Posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on June 22, 2009, at 2:16:40
In reply to Re: Rules - What constitutes an infraction? » Amelia_in_StPaul, posted by gardenergirl on June 22, 2009, at 1:18:53
If you replied with that statement only, just "Gosh you're so smart," that would be sarcasm. Who uses "gosh" any more without serious emoticon action?
Gosh, this is fun.
^ Sarcasm or not?
> > I got what you meant. My point, by example, is that words have connotative and denotative meaning. So #1 and #2 are not mutually exclusive, at all.
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> And so if I were to reply with something like, "Gosh, you're so smart", how would you determine whether I am being sarcastic or sincere using just the words themselves?
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> > > My point is that you can't have #1 and #2. You can't have it both ways. If you indeed want to only consider the words themselves, then you cannot make assumptions or inferences about tone and/or intent.
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