Even in English, sarcasm can be delivered very dryly in a way that would be undetectable without knowing context. It doesn’t need to be spoken with exaggerated tones.
Comment on Is there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?
ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 3 days agoI just did a quick research on tonal languages, it’s quite tricky for a beginner to grasp these subtle expressions. Imagine a life without sarcasm. Brutal. I wonder if they have their own way of conveying it.
bilb@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Someone commented that his sarcasm was lost with, mostly, religious folks in Oklahoma, and I realized that yes it happened to me too plenty of times (but not in Oklahoma). So yeah, even in English it can be elusive to some people.
lemming@anarchist.nexus 3 days ago
Sarcasm can be conveyed non-verbally. Through facial expressions, gestures or situational incongruity for example. The core concept is not bound to specific languages, I’d say.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
As someone who will live and die by snark in my online comments, I agree. However, annoyingly, I’ve had a noticeably higher proportion of replies on Lemmy from people who don’t know how sarcasm works, than on Reddit.
lemming@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
Sounds like Reddit is a better fit for you then.
GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Oh, they do. Depending on the context, there’s a whole host of ways to imply sarcasm without depending on intonation. Body language, context, double entendre, formality shifts, etc.
lividweasel@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They just carry around a card that has “/s” written on it and flash it as necessary