tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post8447044934699037673..comments2023-10-19T13:49:15.915+03:30Comments on View from Iran: Which character best exemplifies tarof?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-14208591274831662442007-08-03T18:06:00.000+03:302007-08-03T18:06:00.000+03:30Great suggestions!All of this explains why tarof w...Great suggestions!<BR/><BR/>All of this explains why tarof will never have its Winnie the Pooh... it's just too complicated... but i do like the suggestions: particularly foghorn leghorn...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092236941440210165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-7325707844639148262007-08-03T04:39:00.000+03:302007-08-03T04:39:00.000+03:30Ok two more,Scarlett O'Hara and Melanie Wilkes (As...Ok two more,<BR/><BR/>Scarlett O'Hara and Melanie Wilkes (Ashley's wife). Both are aspects of tarof. <BR/><BR/>Because tarof both encompasses deceit and gracious hospitality and culture.<BR/><BR/>Southerners exhibit tarof imo because they have an intricate high context culture. So it's being bound to a specific cultural rules combined with in "inner/outer" personality. <BR/><BR/>Next on the list are Englishmen (Edwardian era or before). Several Jane Austin characters exhibit tarof.<BR/>Emma, for example.<BR/><BR/>Next is Charles Dickens, several to choose from but names escape me.<BR/><BR/>Proust describes tarof--maybe Madame Verdurin (but it's been a while).<BR/><BR/>Characters from Shakespeare--he is an encyclopedia of human nature--but I am way out of my depth here and I can't think of anybody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-55618662969286615362007-08-02T04:42:00.000+03:302007-08-02T04:42:00.000+03:30Foghorn LeghornFoghorn LeghornAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-90342217581116615592007-08-02T04:32:00.000+03:302007-08-02T04:32:00.000+03:30Andy GriffithThe Continental(?) as portrayed by Ch...Andy Griffith<BR/><BR/>The Continental(?) as portrayed by Christopher Walkin on Saturday Night LiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467559.post-84040667773495036362007-08-01T03:56:00.000+03:302007-08-01T03:56:00.000+03:30You're right about Eddie Haskel. However, there ar...You're right about Eddie Haskel. However, there are two kinds of tarofs: Tarofs used by shysters and crooks. And the other Tarof, which is rooted in the feudal/patron relationship in the rural areas. The only way to detect/distinguis the difference is by observing the body language and the vocabulaies used.SERENDIPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03723694891858094208noreply@blogger.com