
‘Are you joking, mate?’ AI doesn’t get sarcasm in non-American varieties of English
In 2018, my Australian colleague asked me: “Hey, how are you?”. My answer – “I take a bus” – met a sly smile. I had recently moved to Australia. Despite the study of English for more than 20 years, it took me a while to familiarize myself with the Australian variety of the language. It…