Re: Láadan
| From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 0:53 |
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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.
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>
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