Re: Language nit [ was: On the current Test::More-to-be ]
[email protected] (Kent Fredric)
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On 1 May 2015 at 18:47, Peter Rabbitson <[email protected]> wrote: > The rest of my message remains as is. > > [1] English as a 3rd language, work with me here. > Its slightly subjective and contextual how you translate it, and there's connotative and denotative ways of using it. For instance, people sometimes use it in the light of "I am content with my place in life", implying a positive-neutral state. ( denotative ) Whereas it is often used as the pejorative, "the masses are content to go bleatingly to their death", the implication that the state of mind of being positive/neutral contentment is in itself, the result of ignorance and delusion. ( connotative ) Similar words: Fun -- Kent *KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL