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> Thus they will often say things with implicit meanings that are contrary to their literal meanings — aka irony — that go right over American heads. An intere
by SPBS 5y ago
> Thus they will often say things with implicit meanings that are contrary to their literal meanings — aka irony — that go right over American heads.
An interesting counterpoint would be that although Japanese communication is extremely high-context, they don't grasp the concept of sarcasm at all. This leads to situations like this
https://twitter.com/ceallachs_/status/1275296527783653381 https://twitter.com/ceallachs_/status/1275296527783653381
- jsmith45 5y agoI question the claims that they don't understand sarcasm. It might be more that they have trouble understanding certain types of sarcasm. Japanese culture certainly recognizes the the inflated title mocking style of sarcasm, as well as the excessive politeness form of sarcasm (which is easier in Japanese). from what I've read, what Japanese doesn't really have as much of is sarcasm for levity ("this is fun" in response to some obviously not-fun situation), or sarcasm that is intended to be interpreted as praise (despite the literal meaning).