Re: USAGE: Words for "boredom"

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.

    Or does Hawai'i not count as a pre-industrial society?
    To Clint and Christophe: Be wary of blanket statements; they're always
wrong.  ;)  Hee, hee...  Nevertheless, I can see how the idea of boredom not
existing in pre-industrial societies would be attractive to certain militant
groups and cafe philosophers...

-David

"fawiT, Gug&g, tSagZil-a-Gariz, waj min DidZejsat wazid..."
"Soft, driven, slow and mad, like some new language..."
                    -Jim Morrison