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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke
I'm not sure about that, most communication is non-verbal,which include elements such as tone. I'll concede that a dog probably doesn't get sarcasm, but would be pretty sure he can tell if your happy or angry with you regardless of your word choice.
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That was the point: an animal can (for the most part) only detect your tone: the words mean nothing to them. If I used a happy tone to tell them I was going to kill them, they would think it was good. If I used a happy tone to tell you I was going to kill you, you would laugh at me.