David Peterson wrote:
>Here's what Andreas wrote:
>
><<But I want more evidence that the concept
>of boredom is unknown in pre-industrial societies before I quite believe
>that.>>
>
> Well, here's counterevidence--that's a kind of evidence.
>
>manaka: (adj.) boresome, tiresome, dull, monotonous; bored,
uninterested.
>
Is there a corresponding abstract "boredom"?
> Or does Hawai'i not count as a pre-industrial society?
Unless the term arose post-colonially, certainly it'd count as
pre-industrial.
Andreas
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