tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post283176848755219497..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Words and Phrases that Make Me Feel Stupidzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-54902083789146729342011-02-15T22:35:28.977+01:002011-02-15T22:35:28.977+01:00Never mind - I wouldn't have understood a word...Never mind - I wouldn't have understood a word of it anyway. Has Polly arrived?zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-42651126143798766842011-02-15T06:07:54.636+01:002011-02-15T06:07:54.636+01:00I may be a techie, but I just wrote a short explan...I may be a techie, but I just wrote a short explanation plus a story or two about Dawkins, memes, aliens and over zealous Christians and lost the whole thing when I pressed publish. Will try again later after I recover.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12505024725571481862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-50598243527460162802011-02-12T07:00:43.178+01:002011-02-12T07:00:43.178+01:00I haven't actually read any Dawkins either, ze...I haven't actually read any Dawkins either, zedders ;-) though I've had it read to me by my militant atheist father-in-law. Thanks go to worm for explaining those two words nice and consisely.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-73786852496744954852011-02-12T06:51:34.405+01:002011-02-12T06:51:34.405+01:00I have also been flummoxed with these words. Glad ...I have also been flummoxed with these words. Glad I stumbled across this post for an explanation! I also had to look up "pundit." (Should I be ashamed?)<br /><br />I think this 'online trend' thing has much to do with what people are searching online and perhaps even more-so with Twitter. I decided only two days ago to, meekly, tenderly ease my way into those waters. I'm just sitting in the surf and watching the others play in the waves for now. I still have no idea what to do! hahahaKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655593942753389395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-56218499438643204582011-02-11T22:24:45.201+01:002011-02-11T22:24:45.201+01:00I'm not even sure I can grasp the concept '...I'm not even sure I can grasp the concept 'online trend', so it might be time for me to go and whimper in a corner.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-11698548671575189692011-02-11T14:44:20.799+01:002011-02-11T14:44:20.799+01:00I use both meme and trope regularly and have used ...I use both meme and trope regularly and have used trope for many years, as an alternative to Idée fixe. Meme is just a show-offy word for 'online trend'wormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-29489274585530985382011-02-11T08:06:43.167+01:002011-02-11T08:06:43.167+01:00This bit went slightly over my head, Gadjo (I'...This bit went slightly over my head, Gadjo (I've never read any Dawkins, which may be the problem) - 'There you go, Richard Dawkins, theories of genetics for canonicity phobics - told yer!' Unfortunately, words I use in Hungarian often seem to derive from nowhere but inside my ageing brain.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-11636947111804709052011-02-11T06:25:34.103+01:002011-02-11T06:25:34.103+01:00There you go, Richard Dawkins, theories of genetic...There you go, Richard Dawkins, theories of genetics for canonicity phobics - told yer! I probably don't realise that I'm using the Romanian equivalent of many words common in the civilised world; I've been discovering recently that they probably derive from the elusive Old Albanian.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-85002986946922990312011-02-10T21:34:39.503+01:002011-02-10T21:34:39.503+01:00Yes, I think 'discourse' is being 'pri...Yes, I think 'discourse' is being 'privileged' far too much.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-7909158226309403202011-02-10T13:47:36.108+01:002011-02-10T13:47:36.108+01:00If David is not a techie, I don't know who is....If David is not a techie, I don't know who is. "Meme" should be right up his alley, given that (according to Wikipedia) Richard Dawkins first popularized it. He will correct me if I am wrong, but I'd say that meme as I see it used most commonly approximates "pattern" or "idea".<br /><br />As for the popularity of the two words, I'm not sure that it means much more than the popularity of "North Face" gear among Americans aged 18 to 30 means. Fashions come and go with words as with clothes. I can't wait for "discourse" (in the now-popular academic sense) to follow leisure suits into obsolescence.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-73698602561169855582011-02-10T10:28:05.111+01:002011-02-10T10:28:05.111+01:00Well George, Gadjo claims to be a bit of a techie ...Well George, Gadjo claims to be a bit of a techie and he doesn't know it - I will have to ask our mutual friend David K whether he does (I think he fits the definition techie doesn't he?) On the other hand, Gadjo, you probably don't realise that you are using some Romanian equivalent of 'meme' on a daily basis.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-2788233129824131512011-02-10T07:47:00.809+01:002011-02-10T07:47:00.809+01:00Ii confess that I've never known what either &...Ii confess that I've never known what either 'meme' or 'trope' actually mean and have never bothered to find out. Something to do with co-opting theories of genetics to explain why everybody like Harry Potter books, yes?Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-48748027576769030672011-02-10T02:39:33.079+01:002011-02-10T02:39:33.079+01:00"Meme" is recent, trope has been with us..."Meme" is recent, trope has been with us longer, but the popularity is new. The good news is that the people fondest of "meme" are techies and new-media types, i.e. the folks who maintain Wikipedia. It will make the meaning clear if not the reasons for its popularity.<br /><br />The other good news is that "emblematic" seems to have had its decade of service as a cool way to say "typical" or "an example".Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com