Nobel, Snowden, Pynchon
Thomas Eckhardt
thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
Mon Sep 23 14:35:12 CDT 2013
I object to you calling Angela Merkel a 'nazi bitch', and you accuse me
of wanting to own the word 'nazi' and trying to prevent Jews in
Manhattan from making it a funny word? I know coherence is not your
strong suit but this is also rather nasty.
There is no need to reply. For me, this discussion ends here.
Thomas
> But here, and spcifically, on the yupper west side, where BE is
> set, nazi is in common use, and like lots of words, like bitch,
> its meaning is determined by its context. Should Germans own the word,
> prevent Jews in ManhaatN from making it a funny word?
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