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Brint
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Brint is a word describing a type of humour, most frequently occuring in (serious) newspaper cartoons. ‘Brint’ is a colloquial word that was used by sheep shearers of the West Australian Wheatbelt district, from the 1950’s-1960’s. The meaning of ‘brint’ is a joke which is told to have a humorous effect, but to also have an underlying serious message attached to the joke, be it purposely intended or just coincidental. One classic example was by the sheep shearers of the Wheatbelt Town of Narrogin which would be something along the lines of “Hey mate, haven’t you got enough sheep manure on your hands already.” The ‘joke’ is that of course the sheep shearers already has enough sheep manure, and no he doesn’t need any more if, but the underlying message would be ‘hey mate, you stink, you need a shower’. This was an example that the underlying message was implied, and was a nice way to tell his friend about his body odour. 'Brint' was used everyday by the general population; this is why the years between the 1950's - 1960’s were referred to, by many Australians, as the 'time of brint'. Obviously this name did not stick, and was deleted from the records by the Australian government due to a concern that it could be mistaken for the 'time of bint', which is an offensive term for a girl or woman. Due to legal action, the name was dropped and the 'time of brint' was passed. Since the 1960’s ‘brint’ has not been used much, but now in the last 3 years there has been a huge uprising of the use, especially in the Perth metropolitan area. ‘Brint’ came back into being through Channel 7’s 2005 ‘Guinness World Records’ TV Show, of which an Australian, from Williams (a town near Narrgoin) claimed the world record in front of a live audience for the fastest time to shear a Merino sheep, with conventional shearers. This record had previously been held by a New Zealander set in the 1950’s. Since Australia had taken back the record across the Tasman, their was much publicity for this record, including an article in the Cockburn City Hearld, which interviewed the new record holder, of which he used the word ‘brint;’ and so the newspaper inquired about this word, and asked the man, and researched using letters sourced from the Museum of Western Australia, that ‘brint’ was a word describing a joke that had underlying message(s). One example defining what brint humour is, are the performances of a ventriloquists. They are predomonately are viewed as comdeians of the brint culture. In depth, they take the 'micky' out of something (usually in the audience) without making direct statements upon the subject. A prime exapmple is Newspaper cartoonists whcih have been using brint humour for a very long itme, as their cartoons are meant to be funny, but also to provide a serious side as well. The most well known cartoonists that use this brint style are political cartoons or other’s which feature serious issues in a comedic way. "notice metadata plainlinks" id"stub">This article is a stub. You can help by .
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