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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to humour someone
Does "to humour someone" in the first context mean "to help someone" and in the second one "to be humorous and make others laugh"?
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Thanks to Alleen P. and Don L.F. Nilsen whose bibliographic research on humour was enormously helpful. Finally, thanks to R.S. for humouring me throughout this project.
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Humour may describe varieties of visual and conceptual incongruities or disjointed concepts and images created by artists, and these are discussed in the next chapter. Humour may also imply an indulgence or inclination for the ludicrous or the absurd, as in ‘to humour someone’. The works by contemporary artists discussed in this book may be described as having humorous content, probably produced with humorous intent; their works may be described as humorous, and they intentionally try to humour us, the viewer.
Context:
#1
Thanks to Alleen P. and Don L.F. Nilsen whose bibliographic research on humour was enormously helpful. Finally, thanks to R.S. for humouring me throughout this project.
#2
Humour may describe varieties of visual and conceptual incongruities or disjointed concepts and images created by artists, and these are discussed in the next chapter. Humour may also imply an indulgence or inclination for the ludicrous or the absurd, as in ‘to humour someone’. The works by contemporary artists discussed in this book may be described as having humorous content, probably produced with humorous intent; their works may be described as humorous, and they intentionally try to humour us, the viewer.
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red apple oes "to humour someone" in the first context mean "to help someone" No. S. for humouring me throughout this project = thanks for always doing as I asked and/or agreeing with my every opinion red apple and in the second one "to be humorous and make others laugh"?
- red apple oes "to humour someone" in the first context mean "to help someone" No.
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- for humouring me throughout this project = thanks for always doing as I asked and/or agreeing with my every opinion red apple and in the second one "to be humorous and make others laugh"?
- No.
- an indulgence or inclination for the ludicrous or the absurd, as in ‘to humour someone’ = to indulge them or do whatever they ask (as in my definition above).
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red appleoes "to humour someone" in the first context mean "to help someone"No.
thanks to R.S. for humouring me throughout this project= thanks for always doing as I asked and/or agreeing with my every opinion
red appleand in the second one "to be humorous and make others laugh"?No.
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