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chris - 2007-06-06 11:12:25
This has nothing to do with your post, but it struck me that the written word needs a way to denote sarcasm. Either via punctuation or via font (something akin to bold or italics). You got any clever ideas. Sarcastic posts on blogs and emails that are taken the wrong way have done to much damage....
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amatt - 2007-06-06 11:50:50
BD gave me a Helium mixed tape a million years ago, and I listened to it non-stop for months. I know all the tunes, but I don't know the names of any of them!!!
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Paula - 2007-06-06 12:12:20
Chris: that's a puzzler. Surfer Bob will have the solution. Bob?

AMatt: I think you would like her latest stuff.
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Bob "Don't call me Surfer" Bob - 2007-06-06 13:39:14
The only thing that occurs to me at the moment, for English, would be bracketing a sarcastic word or phrase with Spanish exclamation points (the first one upside down), but that's not an option on English keyboards... and might not do anyway. But, uh, thanks for thinking of me as an unusual punctuationalist. Speaking of unusual, I just got back from an unusual fishing voyage: The tip of the radio antennae started buzzing with static electricity, and then the tip of my fishing rod started to buzz... so we figured we'd better get out of Dodge.
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SBob - 2007-06-06 13:50:46
An unusual spellist, yes (given that we only have one radio antenna). Plus, my reading vision is rotting, so, the other day, when reading one of those insipid Dove chocolate wrappers, I got "Smite not yourself in the mirror". (Which seemed like good advice for a change.)
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grigorss - 2007-06-06 15:06:40
On Denoting Sarcasm: The ellipsis, while not exclusively used to denote sarcasm, would seem to convey the somewhat languid tone with which most sarcastic remarks are delivered; when combined with a page break or two, thereby isolating the remark upon the page, you have a reasonable method for indicating a sarcastic tone.


...if you catch my drift...


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Bob - 2007-06-06 15:23:17
...or you could preface it with "(somewhat languidly)"...
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grigorss - 2007-06-06 15:46:47
"(somewhat languidly)"...
Well, now we seem to be moving beyond the realm of mere punctuation.
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Chris - 2007-06-06 15:53:54
I am more for an internationaly recognized symbol. Like perhaps ^ at end of the phrase. I mean they got !s and ?s. In this modern bloggy world I have to think there are more sarcastic staments written then there are questions.
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Paula - 2007-06-06 16:38:30
How 'bout the ol' smiley emoticon, or winking smiley? :) ;)
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iwombat - 2007-06-06 17:49:47
Gee, I think this is all really important, I really do, no I really mean it. no, I really think some punctuation would be cool, really cool. Oh, and BTW, I downloaded firefox 2, and yeah, I'm using it, aloha (meaning goodbye in this case) safari.
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Greg - 2007-06-06 20:37:58
I've gotten into more trouble in online forums simply because certain things don't translate into pixels.
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Bob - 2007-06-07 10:22:15
But isn't that the "charm" of the internet, virtual controversy?
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Greg - 2007-06-07 10:32:50
Bob--Half the time, even off-line, it's virtual controversy. Just the cues in the offline realm are more familiar so it's easier to avoid if you want to. This is a Brave New World. The rules have changed today. And I have no place to stay. I've been thinking about the subway....
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