ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down13
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoThere is a constructed language that I suspect is free from sarcasm. (At least if it’s used formally) Lojban, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban
minus-squareᓚᘏᗢ@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIt’d be really hard to do sarcasm in Toki Pona too as there are so few words that it just wouldn’t register unless there was a very clear subtextual understanding of intent between the people conversing.
minus-squarenylo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoPona mention! pona o tawa sina :)
minus-squareZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoWow this is interesting, I never heard of this. I’m going to have to spend some time learning about it.
There is a constructed language that I suspect is free from sarcasm. (At least if it’s used formally)
Lojban, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lojban
It’d be really hard to do sarcasm in Toki Pona too as there are so few words that it just wouldn’t register unless there was a very clear subtextual understanding of intent between the people conversing.
Pona mention!
pona o tawa sina :)
Wow this is interesting, I never heard of this. I’m going to have to spend some time learning about it.