niceness (fwd)

[PAMELA PRICE KLEBAUM]

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Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 17:50:21 -1205237
From: Brian MacWhinney <macw at CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list FUNKNET <FUNKNET at LISTSERV.RICE.EDU>
Subject: niceness

> I was not suggesting that English is in any way "nice", only that it
>avoids this particular verbal show of pleasure in other's suffering.


        How about "comeuppance" : a punishment or retribution that one
deserves: one's just desserts. (American Heritage Dictionary)

        PPK