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In America sarcasm in speech is usually heavily signaled via the tone of voice. You don't usually just drop it in deadpan. So it's not so much that we don't get
by aptwebapps 12y ago
In America sarcasm in speech is usually heavily signaled via the tone of voice. You don't usually just drop it in deadpan. So it's not so much that we don't get sarcasm or satire but we're used to having it more clearly demarcated. At least in speech - satire is quite popular and common in print.
- maxerickson 12y agoWhat you describe is arguably a symptom of people not getting sarcasm. People that enjoy sarcasm have learned the hard lesson that the average listener is oblivious to it, so they talk funny to help them out a little bit.
- aptwebapps 12y agoThat might have been the genesis, but it's now continuing on its own.
- maxerickson 12y agoI'm sort of implicitly arguing there that talking funny isn't sarcasm anymore. Much of the fun of sarcasm is in the subtlety.
- aptwebapps 12y agoIt's certainly not the same thing, and I prefer the subtle stuff myself, but both types are sarcasm.