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

[Michael West <mbwest -at- bigpond -dot- net -dot- au>]

Emily Berk writes:
> She is trying to determine the difference, however 
> subtle, between facetious and sarcastic.

> We have looked for the answer in the obvious places, like the 
> dictionary.  But the definitions imply that these words are essentially 
> unrelated.


They *are* unrelated, and the difference is 
not at all subtle. You want us to do what --
invent a connection between them that doesn't
exist? I guarantee that whatever you get out
of a decent dictionary will be of more value 
than a bunch of tech writers making stabs in 
the dark.

-- --
Mike West
Melbourne, Australia




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

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.