RE: Extremely OT, sorry... But my daughter claims you guys WILL know the answer...

[Emily Berk <emily -at- armadillosoft -dot- com>]

Wow.  Great responses, thanks to the many who responded directly!  I'll catch the digest when I surface from my currently-overwhelming project sometime in August.

Cindy Knight provided a blow-by-blow to which I am responding, but I've forwarded all your responses to my daughter.

Great to know you guys.

--Emily

At 03:54 PM 7/28/03 -0500, Cindy Kight wrote:
>Sarcastic

>1. mocking: characterized by words that mean the opposite of what they seem to say and make fun of something or somebody or express irritation

>Facetious

>1. supposed to be funny: intended to be humorous but often silly or inappropriate
...

>Very simply, I see 'sarcastic' as making fun in a mean way.  And 'facetious' as making fun in a more playful way (that sometimes flops because it's silly).  It has to do with the intention of the person making the joke.  A sarcastic person is trying to make someone or something look stupid.  Someone who is being facetious may only be trying to lighten things up, even if it's silly or inappropriate.

>It's HOW the words are said more than what is actually said.  Someone who says to you 'nice outfit' in a mean way is being sarcastic - they definitely don't think it's nice and are expressing irritation at you.  However, if you've ruined an outfit and a friend is trying to get you to lighten up and laugh at yourself, they might smile and say 'nice outfit' in a facetious way.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~                                Emily Berk                              ~
~   www.armadillosoft.com\091101    ***     Armadillo Associates, Inc.   ~ 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ROBOHELP X4 - THE INDUSTRY STANDARD IN HELP AUTHORING 
Buy RoboHelp by July 31st and receive a $100 mail-in rebate!
Find out more about RoboHelp X4: http://www.ehelp.com/techwr-l

Mercer University's online MS Program in Technical Communication Management:
Preparing leaders of tomorrow's technical communication organizations today.
See www.mercer.edu/mstco or write George Hayhoe at hayhoe_g -at- mercer -dot- edu -dot- 

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as:
archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.