Sorry to beat a dead horse, but:
- *Antiwitz* (*anti-joke*): A short, often absurd scene, which has the
recognizable structure of a joke, but is illogical or lacking a punch-line.
Example: *Two thick feet are crossing the street. Says one thick foot to
the other thick foot: "Hello!"*Other examples: "Nachts ist es kälter als
draußen" (At night it's colder than outside) or "Zu Fuß ist es kürzer als
über'n Berg" ("Walking is faster than over the mountain").
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Kendall Nettles <[email protected]>wrote:
> My favorite part of the german humor link:
>
> "Some German humorists such as
> Loriot<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicco_von_B%C3%BClow> use
> seriousness as means of humor."
>
>
> On Apr 2, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Bosch, Juergen wrote:
>
> Hm, last I checked my passport said German - still think I can make lots
> of fun of myself. Some Germans are epigenetically marked with
> humor-suppressor genes others not.
>
> Jürgen
>
> On Apr 2, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Gerard DVD Kleywegt wrote:
>
> Dear Manfred,
>
> Outside Germany, such excursions are called "humour". If you are
> interested,
> here is the Wikipedia page for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humour
>
> --Gerard
>
> PS: It was on a Sunday so all levity was perpetrated in people's own time.
> Today we'll all be serious again and frown and tut-tut appropriately.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, Manfred S. Weiss wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
> I find this discussion most amazing. Here, we are dealing with the most
>
> serious issue
>
> that happened to Macromolecular Crystallography since the Alabama case,
>
> and the
>
> whole discussion is centered around singular and plural and Greek and
>
> Latin words
>
> and what not.
>
>
> In psychology such phenomenon is referred to as displacement activity.
>
>
> If you are interested, here is the MacMillon definition of it:
>
>
> http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/displacement-activity
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Manfred
>
>
>
> On 01.04.2012 19:35, Gerard Bricogne wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2012 at 01:18:15PM -0400, David Schuller wrote:
>
> On 04/01/12 10:18, Gerard Bricogne wrote:
>
> Dear Paul,
>
>
> May I join the mostly silent chorus of Greek/Latin-aware grumps
>
> who
>
> wince when seeing "data" treated as singular when it is plural.
>
> When it are plural?
>
> Good nit-picking :-) . In my mind the quotes around "data" would have
>
> had the same effect as writing 'the word "data"', and referring to that
>
> word
>
> by the 'it'. So there is only one word, while its grammatical number is
>
> plural.
>
>
>
> At any rate, I heard a Nobel laureate use it incorrectly just two days
>
> ago.
>
> We shouldn't learn to write by imitating Nobel laureates, then.
>
>
>
> With best wishes,
>
>
> Gerard.
>
>
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