Re: s-stems in Slavic and Germanic

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

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> > > Joan and Mirren are not Dutch names. I figured they were Scottish or
> > > English in relationship with Dutch guys. I was one generation off.
> > > Pretty obvious there was some kind of collision of incompatible
> > > Weltanschauungen, or they wouldn't be so funny.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Do you mean that Dutch people are not funny, at least not funny in the
> > way these girls are?
> >
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> Humor is one way of dealing with conflict (actually it's just
> procrastinating from it)

So when we are joking, we are not aware (or are aware?) that a
conflict or argument or fight of some kind lurks in our future?

, so culture clashes creates a lot of humor.

> Think Chris Rock or Dave Chapelle.
>

In general not the kind of humor that I like, or find funny, quite
often (particularly Mr. Rock, who seems to have a one-track mind).
Just my opinion though. Millions of people love them.

Andrew