Sarcasm mark?

Sarcasm? Yeah, there's an app for that.

Wow. I hope nobody downloads this font and Paul Sak makes no money at all off this stunt and is thoroughly embarrassed by this crap. It'll happen.

-P

Considering how much blatantly obvious sarcasm I've seen getting overlooked and misinterpreted in text-based communications on a daily basis, I'm not entirely sure it's a bad idea.

Odd, however, that he seems to have overlooked making a punctuation mark for pointing out irony ... perhaps that one's failed once too often already? :P

So. . . the sarcasm mark looks like an upside down ear. . .thats interesting. Maybe we can put it above the 6 on the keyboard - because almost no one uses kitty ears anymore.

I understand the value of indicating sarcasm in a text message, because sarcasm is not conveyed through words, but through vocal inflection.

That being said, I don't advocate any person or corporation making a business of this limitation. As thousands of internet forum-goers already do, you can end a sarcastic remark with [/sarcasm] or some other such indication.

Really? Sarcasm is not conveyed through words? I think Mark Twain might disagree:

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."

As might Oscar Wilde:

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

Or Groucho:

"I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it."

I particularly like Groucho's choice of tense.

Is sarcasm conveyed through words? To paraphrase Woody Allen, it is if you do it right.

Excellent examples. I suppose that I'll amend my statement to say that sarcasm is not ~necessarily~ conveyed through word choice, and often relies on vocal inflection (especially in casual, personal conversation).