On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> [...]
> I was ironic.
>
> Why is there always that much noise to the list, when people unintended
> offend a mailing list rule?
> [...]
Irony and sarcasm are hard to use well in your mother tongue. They are
even harder to use in a non-native tongue.
I'm fluent enough that I can use irony in Japanese in some cases, but
I try to avoid it because it always invites misunderstandings. (And
then people think I'm being ironic when I'm being dead serious. :-/)
When talking face-to-face, you can mug or wink to flag the irony. 8-o
But we have to use irony markup or smileys to make sure it's
understand in e-mail, {irony}which takes all the fun out of
it{irony/}. :-|
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Look first in your own heart.
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