[WikiEN-l] wtf.

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

 "George Herbert" wrote
 
> There's a difference?

Irony: :-;

Sarcasm: No, of course, there is _no difference_ at all. If you are at the bottom of a pond. And talking only to fellow tadpoles. In semaphore. With your tail. And then your tail falls off, leaving you without a viable means of communication. Then and only then does the distinction between sarcasm and irony become a distinction without a difference. I have been teaching this to frog-faced pupils like you for forty years and you still haven't got the point.

Charles

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