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You might see some confused faces. To most English speakers "fortune" mostly means good, unless it is preceded by something that specifies that it is bad fortun

• edot 3y ago
  Their English is actually good enough to properly use sarcasm. “I had the fortune of getting food poisoning last week” would be understood as a joking way of taking about misfortune.
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  • Lendal 3y ago
    It is. But just because you speak English doesn't mean you use sarcasm constantly. Sarcasm is a lazy way of communicating in almost any language. It reveals lazy thinking and poor vocabulary. I never assume someone is using sarcasm when they could actually be speaking intelligently, albeit with a common grammatical error.
• askonomm 3y ago
  It's called sarcasm.
  • Lendal 3y ago
    The circumstances suggest that it's probably just a simple error and not sarcasm. Not everyone in the world really loves sarcasm so much. People who use it frequently are usually trying to mask a poor imagination and small vocabulary. So I prefer to believe it's just a simple mistake. No big deal.
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    • koonsolo 3y ago
      Sure, living under an autocratic invasion and having your internet access tightened is very "fortunate". Ah sorry, maybe I should clarify: the above is sarcasm.
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