> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Dean Forster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Friday, July 27, 2001 6:51 PM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: your mail
> :: in loud American tourist voice ::
>
> DO THEY HAVE IRONY.. IN YOUR COUNTRY.. ?
Yes, Dean, we do have irony here. But:
1. It wasn't irony, it was sarcasm (source: John Giorgis, off-list)
2. It wasn't marked as ironic or sarcastic; John should have used smileys or
pseudo-HTML like '<sarcasm>'
3. We Europeans are a civilized people: WE DON'T SHOUT!!! :-)
Jeroen
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