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some words bewildered me like "sentimental"and "melancolious"
what is the difference between the two

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Crusade
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September 4, 2008

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Re:some words bewildere me like
some words bewildered me like "sentimental"and "melancolious"

Sentimental: A "sentimental" song tries to make you very emotional about something, maybe too emotional. Overdreven. A song about home when you're homesick (heimwee). A song about how much you love your mother. In kunst, die is pejoratief. It asks you to "check your brain at the door" and respond emotionally, not critically.

A "sentiment" is the noun, it means feeling. "Sentimental" is the adjective or adverb. When a sentiment becomes sentimental it is sometimes considered as going to far. A person may like Ajax. That is their sentiment. When the Ajax fan gets drunk he gets sentimental, crying in his beer, talking about the good old days.

Melancholy: Adverb. It describes a sad mood, een verdrietig bui. The sun does not shine, it only rains. The famous Shakespearean character Hamlet was melancholy.

There is an old insult joke that goes: "Yes he's melancholy. He has a head like a melon and a face like a collie."

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Steve
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September 17, 2008

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