Date:  Thu, 13 Nov 1997 22:46:01 -0500 (EST)
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Subject:      Re: Sarcasm
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Lee Daniel Crocker (none) wrote:
>First, I'd like to point out that what we are discussing here
>is not "irony" but "sarcasm".  Irony is a semantic thing, and
>can be expressed honestly, or with no attitudinals at all.

...And a lot of people wrote a lot of other stuff, too.

I will further contribute to the confusion by noting that "ironically"
is the word the refgram uses.

Rik.