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Re: Láadan

From:Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 0:53
In a message dated 12/1/2002 11:43:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
yonjuuni@EARTHLINK.COM writes:


> How can one feel content for a bad reason? That's what I don't > understand. I suppose "joy for a bad reason" would be like > Schadenfreud. > >
Let's imagine I'm an accountant and I'm content with my job, but my wife is very discontented because she thinks I should strive to become CFO of the company so we can live a much fancier lifestyle. I say "I'm content [for good reasons]. My income is adequate and I have much lower stress than the CFO. Life is great as it is." My wife says "You're content [for bad reasons] because the only reason you're not striving to be CFO is that you're a lazy bum with no ambition." How's that as a plausible example? Doug