on 12/4/07 6:27 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
No, factual. In my experience, Americans have great difficulty recognising sarcasm (in general, of course). It's just a cultural thing. I have great difficultly understanding baseball and American football metaphors, while most Americans seem to be able to use them fluently - it's much the same thing.
Not really, Thomas. Metaphors are grasped cognitively; while sarcasm relies more on the emotions.
Marc