Warp wrote:
> Doctor John <doc### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>>   That expression just sounded like sarcasm to me. I would be surprised
>>> if the author wrote it seriously.
>>>
> 
>> Not sarcasm, irony; I agree with you however.
> 
>   Well, according to the dictionary:
> 
> sarcasm:
> 1.	harsh or bitter derision or irony.
> 2.	a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark
> 
>   I really think in this case "sarcasm" is more appropriate than the
> more generic (and often milder) "irony".
> 
>   (Yeah, I love semantics. :P )
> 
I still disagree. Note the words "harsh, bitter, sharply, taunt,
sneering and cutting" in the definition. I don't think that Joe Fay
intended his remark to be anything but affectionately ironic but ymmv

John

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