Sarcasm punctuation mark aims to put an end to email confusion - Telegraph
"Funny how Brits can't talk about sarcasm without gushing about how Americans are intellectually incapable of understanding it.
Instead of using a SarcMark at the end of a sentence, perhaps we can put a small Union Jack symbol at the beginning of the sentence, so Americans will know to just skip the sentence entirely and not risk stubbing their brains on high end wit?
Actually the irony of this SarcMark symbol is beautiful: In the 1700s, Great Britain taxed the American Colonies on tea. In 2010, the US taxes Great Britain on Sarcasm.
That'll be $1.99, Your Majesty."
Jeff, it's not sarcasm Americans don't get, it's irony. Clearly your statement "In the 1700s, Great Britain taxed the American Colonies on tea. In 2010, the US taxes Great Britain on Sarcasm." illustrates this beautifully. There is no irony in that situation, it's not even coincidental.
But then, I am assuming that you are American. You could just be a thick Brit.
