December 23, 2003

SADLY, I TOO AM PREGNANT ONLY WITH MEANING

Eiserne Gemüter is a dumb name; its only attraction is the umlaut. Weisenheimer Commuter trips cheerfully of the tongue but lacks the iron-mindedness of Eisengeiste. Notwithstanding my need to be pedantic about nearly useless knowledge I spent painful hours acquiring, Eisengeiste, is the clear choice. It approximates German in just the way we approximate literate and cultured people. It's an accurate near miss; what we lack in iron spiritedness we make up for with dumbness and funnyness. It means exactly what it (doesn't) mean, in its metameaningness.

[Word! -UttDC]

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