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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
sarcastic meaning
When people say "This is really delicious food", it could also mean he/ she doesn't like the food by the change of the intonation.
I also got another one like "This job is the worst, isn't it?" which means he/ she likes the job.
How do we know whether they are said with sarcasm? Could you show me how the intonation changes? Please advise.
LCChang
I also got another one like "This job is the worst, isn't it?" which means he/ she likes the job.
How do we know whether they are said with sarcasm? Could you show me how the intonation changes? Please advise.
LCChang
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" This is really delicious food. " is a positive sentence in writing. You can tell whether or not is in sarcasm if you observe him or her in speaking.
- " This is really delicious food.
- " is a positive sentence in writing.
- You can tell whether or not is in sarcasm if you observe him or her in speaking.
- " This is a statement plus a question tag.
- A question tag can be used to check whether something is true or to ask for agreement.
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" This is really delicious food. " is a positive sentence in writing. You can tell whether or not is in sarcasm if you observe him or her in speaking.
" This job is the worst, isn't it ?" This is a statement plus a question tag. A question tag can be used to check whether something is true or to ask for agreement. Also a question tag can be used after positve statement or negative sta
" This job is the worst, isn't it ?" This is a statement plus a question tag. A question tag can be used to check whether something is true or to ask for agreement. Also a question tag can be used after positve statement or negative sta
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Hi,
Although it can often be very funny, sarcasm involves humour of a negative and somewhat hurtful kind.
Thus, 'This is really delicious food', meaning that I don't like it, is sarcasm, particularly if I say it to the person who cooked.
However, If I like the job and I say 'This job is the worst, isn't it?', it's not really sarcastic because I am saying something positi
Although it can often be very funny, sarcasm involves humour of a negative and somewhat hurtful kind.
Thus, 'This is really delicious food', meaning that I don't like it, is sarcasm, particularly if I say it to the person who cooked.
However, If I like the job and I say 'This job is the worst, isn't it?', it's not really sarcastic because I am saying something positi
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Welkins2139" This is really delicious food. " is a positive sentence in writing. You can tell whether or not is in sarcasm if you observe him or her in speaking.
Say
he's holding his stomach in simulated pain
or
he's signalling the others with the hands "No, it isn't so!!"
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My two cents:
The rise and fall of the speaker's tone or voice indicates if there is any sarcasm involved.
He is a genius--No sarcasm.
If the speaker says "He is a geeeeenius", then the speaker is certainly sarcastic.
[Thanks to Blue, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]
The rise and fall of the speaker's tone or voice indicates if there is any sarcasm involved.
He is a genius--No sarcasm.
If the speaker says "He is a geeeeenius", then the speaker is certainly sarcastic.
[Thanks to Blue, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]
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I still can't figure out why when people say something is the worst, what he/ she really means is that he/ she likes it. Can someone help?
LCChang
LCChang
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I can't think of a case where someone would say something is the worst, meaning that they like it.
If there is such a context, it must be very rare, and it must be the sort of thing of which we say, "You had to be there".
The case of compliments said in a sarcastic tone of voice (to negate them) makes more sense to me as a more usual pattern, though I don't recommend using this
If there is such a context, it must be very rare, and it must be the sort of thing of which we say, "You had to be there".
The case of compliments said in a sarcastic tone of voice (to negate them) makes more sense to me as a more usual pattern, though I don't recommend using this
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As for the intonation, sarcastic remarks are often said in an almost angry tone, but what might be called cold anger. You raise the volume level ever-so-slightly from your normal tone of voice, but not too much or you will seem out of control. To be effectively biting, sarcasm must always be in control. Then you enunciate the words more clearly than normal, savoring each syllable, possibl
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Man: This job is the worst, isn't it?
Woman: I know I shouldn't complain, but things could be better.
Man: I don't think so. I've never had a more ineteresting job than this one.
How does this man sound? Need your advice.
LCChang
Woman: I know I shouldn't complain, but things could be better.
Man: I don't think so. I've never had a more ineteresting job than this one.
How does this man sound? Need your advice.
LCChang
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CalifJimI can't think of a case where someone would say something is the worst, meaning that they like it.I agree, and 5 out of 6 people, if we believe the votes accumulated by this definition, would too:
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LCChang,
The man sounds confused! My reading of it is this:
-- This job is the worst, isn't it? (I take this literally. No job could be worse.)
-- I know I shouldn't.... (I take this literally.)
-- I don't think so. (I take this literally. He doesn't think things could be better.)
I've never had a more interesting job ... (
The man sounds confused! My reading of it is this:
-- This job is the worst, isn't it? (I take this literally. No job could be worse.)
-- I know I shouldn't.... (I take this literally.)
-- I don't think so. (I take this literally. He doesn't think things could be better.)
I've never had a more interesting job ... (
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