Awesome. Often, people do not understand sarcasm (not suggesting you); and others take what is not intended as such to mean so. Therein, perhaps exists the notion, along with with who employs it: that sarcasm, is the lowest form of wit. The following is an educative piece, on how sarcasm works (how it is employed).
How Sarcasm Works by Shanna Freeman http://people.howstuffworks.com/sarcasm1.htm Understanding and Learning Sarcasm Most of the time, when you say something sarcastic, the person that you're speaking to understands your intention. But how? Since they can't rely on the words for the message, listeners pick up on other cues. When we say something sarcastic, we often use a very specific tone of voice. Important elements of spoken sarcasm include intonation, or how you vary the pitch of your voice, and stress, or how you emphasize certain words. When English speakers express sarcasm with the word "Thanks!", they often use a nasal tone. Some researchers say that this nasal tone shows a connection between sarcasm and extreme disgust, to the point where the speaker is "expelling something nauseating" and he or she wants to remove it not only from the mouth but also from the nose" [source: Haiman]. Sarcasts of all languages use what Haiman calls inverse pitch obtrusion. This occurs when the speaker pitches a stressed syllable lower than the other words in the sentence. Take our weather example from the last section: Sincere: Pitch: High Great weather, huh? Sarcastic: Pitch: Low Great weather, huh? The pitch of the word "great" in this sentence changes depending on whether you're being sincere or sarcastic. A sarcast might also stress the word "great" heavily, to show that it's anything but great. CONTINUED AT, http://people.howstuffworks.com/sarcasm1.htm ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:22:01 +0100 > From: Gabe Menezes <gabe.mene...@gmail.com> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.... > > On 19 July 2012 21:52, Venantius J Pinto <venantius.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> A sarcastic benison** from MP Keith Vaz.: >> Keith Vaz of the Labour Party, the longest-serving Asian MP in >> Britain, and chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, was even >> more scathing. When Buckles told the committee that he was >> ?disappointed?, Vaz replied that?s what he usually felt when his >> football team didn?t win. ?Isn?t there a better word?? asked Vaz >> sarcastically. >> http://tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=hub280712London.asp >> >> **bessao (blessing) >> +++ >> vjp >> > > > RESPONSE: The Home Affairs Select Committee, waded into the hapless man. > Vaseline Vaz is so squeaky clean that he returned thousands of pounds > having bought items such as cushions from John Lewis.... > > How's that for sarcasm? > > > -- > DEV BOREM KORUM > > Gabe Menezes. > > > ------------------------------