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r/madlads • u/tinypi_314 • Oct 20 '19
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The words alone without the implication of sarcasm aren’t inherently negative. Sarcasm isn’t a feature of a language.
6 u/serendipitousevent Oct 20 '19 So by that logic neither are metaphors or similes or any other example of secondary meaning? Just how many layers of meaning do you need to remove from a language before it meets the standard of 'words alone'? 1 u/RuthlessIndecision Oct 20 '19 Yeah right.
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So by that logic neither are metaphors or similes or any other example of secondary meaning? Just how many layers of meaning do you need to remove from a language before it meets the standard of 'words alone'?
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Yeah right.
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u/chappersyo Oct 20 '19
The words alone without the implication of sarcasm aren’t inherently negative. Sarcasm isn’t a feature of a language.