Case-sensitivity: why -- or why not? (was Re: Damnation!)

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <memo.20000608213632.55497B at digitig.compulink.co.uk>,
Tim Rowe <tim at digitig.cix.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Ah, yes, I had been told that some cultures tend to miss irony...

Irony is the UK specialty; sarcasm is the USA specialty.  See rasseff*
for more details.

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