ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?message-squaremessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down13
arrow-up194arrow-down1message-squareIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square75linkfedilink
minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month 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-squareZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoWow this is interesting, I never heard of this. I’m going to have to spend some time learning about it.
minus-squareᓚᘏᗢ@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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-squarenylo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoPona mention! pona o tawa sina :)
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
Wow this is interesting, I never heard of this. I’m going to have to spend some time learning about it.
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.
Pona mention!
pona o tawa sina :)