To: jern
Gore is trying to make himself a populist by using words like zeitgeist.
To: Straight Vermonter
Right! The next thing you know, Al Gore will sneak "weltanschauung" into his perorations.
8 posted on
12/01/2002 7:03:54 AM PST by
gaspar
To: Straight Vermonter
words like zeitgeist. Gesundheit!
To: Straight Vermonter
LOL
25 posted on
12/01/2002 7:55:39 AM PST by
expatpat
To: Straight Vermonter
He probably heard a college student use it in a sentence and didn't know what it meant.
To: Straight Vermonter
Actually, he's trying to impress somebody (I'm not sure who) by using the word
zeitgeist.
But he uses it wrong. It does not mean "what's being talked about in the current news cycle." It means something quite a bit bigger--"the spirit of the age."
To: Straight Vermonter
It is really quite simple to explain his usage. In his mind, he is overcome with a sense of
weltschmerz and he had to come up with a comparatively related term to use to express its depth.
In the circles of The Annointed, the world is so complex, you see.
57 posted on
12/01/2002 6:56:04 PM PST by
KC Burke
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson