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Does any culture have a word for something like... amused disdain? Or does English have it and I'm being dense here?

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Sardonic?

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Supercilious?

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supersalacious. Uh oh. 😀 I'm about to go off on a nonsense-word non sequitur jag.

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You speak German, Kenneth? It's perfect for this kind of stuff. (Norwegian is even better, but I tend not to assume anyone speaks or wants to learn it.)

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I don't speak German, but I'm learning to read it. Yes, I love the way they build nouns like legos. Is it the same in Norwegian?

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I'm reading a German translation of a sword and sorcery novel. The main character is the assistant pig-keeper, which is translated as "der Hilfsschweinehirt."

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wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/ScanSt This is a decent (and amusing) one page summary.

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