ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 24 hours agoIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?message-squaremessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down13
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 24 hours agomessage-square60linkfedilink
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 hours 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-up2·edit-24 hours 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 prior understanding of sarcastic intent between the people conversing.
minus-squareZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours 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 prior understanding of sarcastic intent between the people conversing.
Wow this is interesting, I never heard of this. I’m going to have to spend some time learning about it.