NoniNeil responds to me:
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What do you think I am, some kind of mind reader?
Since you weren't here for the original interchange, I expect you to maintain at least a semblance of relevance to the discussion.
That said, I do think that you are capable of reading English as a native speaker and thus are capable of detecting turns of phrase that indicate that a statement is sarcastic or symbolic or any of the other ways in which a statement is tagged by context to be taken some way other than literally.
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How am I to know something is "supposed" to be a joke?
By reading for context.
Or is English a second language for you? Every language has their ways of indicating that a statement is not to be taken literally. If you are unfamiliar with the language, then you may not be aware of the specific ways in which the language does it but if you are a native speaker, then we would expect you to be able to recognize context.
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And if you think I am going to read every reply to something which posted, guess again.
So you're saying that you're refusing to keep up-to-date about a thread of conversation and you still expect us to believe that you will then be capable of making an intelligent comment about it?
Yes, I think that if you wish to be taken seriously, you will read every reply to something which was posted. How can you possibly give any sort of informed statement if you don't know what has been said previously?
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Rrhain
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