ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?message-squaremessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down13
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarevsg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt seems that people in this culture can only talk about what they see. Or the guy lacks object permanence.
minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThis might be about the languages where the only “numbers” they have are “zero”, “one”, “a few” and “many”. If a conversation was held in English, then for the speaker “two” and “four” are synonyms.
It seems that people in this culture can only talk about what they see. Or the guy lacks object permanence.
This might be about the languages where the only “numbers” they have are “zero”, “one”, “a few” and “many”.
If a conversation was held in English, then for the speaker “two” and “four” are synonyms.