Date: Mon Jun 19 16:55:06 1995
From: Tom Blancato <tblancato-AT-envirolink.org>
Subject: Re: Sarcasm and notation



Nah! The ambiguity would play on a notation enhanced writing. 



Malgosia Askanas writes:
>But is ambiguity not an essential element of sarcasm?  I have enormous
>trouble with all these notational ideas, because they don't allow 
>ambiguity, which to me is crucial.  I know one gives behavioral
>signals when talking face-to-face, but behavior tends to be gloriously
>ambiguous and subtle.  It seems to me that these notations in fact
>destroy real communication, in some sense.
>
>-m

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