To me, sarcasm has always been an important and normal nuance of language, so it came as a bit of a surprise to learn that there are people in the world who don't understand sarcasm... I mean they just don't get it... and take it literally. Wow! they're missing so much.
A form of allusion which is apparently to some, more than a bit of an elusive nuance. I know it when I see it, and use it regularly in my own communications. Oratory sarcasm is more easily understood and delivered than the written word, because inflection contributes so much to the alluded and intended meaning of the sarcast. I wonder how many sarcastic illiterates exist on this planet... that could explain why the world is so screwed up.
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