----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Meta Level was Winning the War on Terror
> Mike Lee wrote: > > > Note to Keith: saying "meme" a lot doesn't make you intelligible. > > Question to Mike: do you really mean "intelligible," or did you mean > "intelligent?" I don't want to assume that this was a "Bushism," (as in > "functionable" for "functional") but, I don't really understand your > criticism. Then again, it wasn't aimed at me, it was aimed at Keith. > > I can imagine that one might want to take someone to task for trying to > sound "intelligent" by using a slightly arcane word like "meme," but > "intelligible?" In my experience, people don't go around trying to make > themselves sound more "intelligible," except for the fine folks I've > worked with in radio and video who do voice-overs, where being > "intelligible" is stock in trade. > > And no, I don't have hard data to back up "my experience." :-) > I wouldn't call the word "meme" arcane at all. We have been using it here for quite a few years. After all, Dr. Brin is quite conversant about the spread of memes. xponent Meme Memo Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
