Irony: the final frontier
Betty Munro
Fred Flintstein
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> <http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/05/17/1541236/Software-Recognizes-Sarcastic-Tweets>
>
Everybody has competition.
Fred Flintstein
cur...@the-md-russells.org
Betty's right. <Yawn> Get back to me when it does irony. It'll be on a
Mac and the headline will read, "Software does irony, but won't do
windows..."
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
Frederick the Great
Betty Munro <no...@mailinator.com> wrote:
> <http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/05/17/1541236/Software-Recognizes-Sarcastic-Tweets>
<http://www.sarcasmsociety.com/sarcasm/howtobesarcastic/lessontwo>
In order to be able to recognize sarcasm, you will need
to hear a lot of sarcastic comments, and to pay close
attention to the nuances that make an otherwise simple
comment into a sarcastic sting. To do this, you will
need regular access to one person who is a natural at
being sarcastic. The easiest place to start would be
the people you already know. Although it is unlikely
that you will have a friend or acquaintance who is
clever enough to be sarcastic -- being that you are not
sarcastic yourself*--it is still worth evaluating your
friends.
...
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*As previously discussed, though you may not be
dim-witted, it is highly likely that you do not have
the requisite intelligence, wit, or cleverness to
attract members of the intelligentsia as friends or
acquaintances.
--
Old Fritz
Frederick the Great
cur...@the-md-russells.org wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2010 08:18:06 -0500, Fred Flintstein
> <bob.sc...@sbcREMOVEglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >On 5/20/2010 6:41 AM, Betty Munro wrote:
> >>
> >> <http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/05/17/1541236/Software-Recognizes-Sarcastic-Tweets>
> >>
> >
> >Everybody has competition.
> >
> >Fred Flintstein
>
> Betty's right. <Yawn> Get back to me when it does irony. It'll be on a
> Mac and the headline will read, "Software does irony, but won't do
> windows..."
Wellll, a sarcastic remark is typically ironic to hide
the scorn from its object(s), while amusing the other
audience.
--
Old Fritz
cur...@the-md-russells.org
I think you may be being sarcastic here, but I'm not sure...
Michael Press
cur...@the-md-russells.org wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2010 14:00:35 -0700, Frederick the Great
> <rub...@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> >In article <ucmav5puf5nhjt3pl...@4ax.com>,
> > cur...@the-md-russells.org wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 20 May 2010 08:18:06 -0500, Fred Flintstein
> >> <bob.sc...@sbcREMOVEglobal.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> >On 5/20/2010 6:41 AM, Betty Munro wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> <http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/05/17/1541236/Software-Recognizes-Sarcastic-Tweets>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >Everybody has competition.
> >> >
> >> >Fred Flintstein
> >>
> >> Betty's right. <Yawn> Get back to me when it does irony. It'll be on a
> >> Mac and the headline will read, "Software does irony, but won't do
> >> windows..."
> >
> >Wellll, a sarcastic remark is typically ironic to hide
> >the scorn from its object(s), while amusing the other
> >audience.
>
> I think you may be being sarcastic here, but I'm not sure...
Good. I see you are studying and practicing the lessons
developed by the Sarcasm Society. Alas, you are attempting
lesson 2 without having mastered lesson 1: What is Sarcasm?
It is essential memorize the definition.
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from
Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, from
sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer,
from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan
thwar&s- to cut
1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance
designed to cut or give pain
2 a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect
on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is
usually directed against an individual b : the use or
language of sarcasm (this is no time to indulge in
sarcasm)
--
Michael Press