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Parent Post: In the Mouth of Grammarness: Spot the Mistakes… But Keep Your Mouth Shut:)
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braven
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3/18/2026, 7:29:35 PM
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@Sonatime - do you speak German? Quick observation here....timely. I liked - "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"....but not overly. It was underwhelming by leagues of disappointment. I was not impressed to the standard to which I held Nietzsche's writing ability. And on this very point, Nietzsche claimed it was his masterpiece....above all. So for a bit....I couldn't grasp the gap between us. No doubt you now have. Lost in translation. When I was in South Korea, working as an English Professor, I had a discussion with some Professors from the German Language Department. And eventually, we got onto this very topic. The German professors point was....it was a literary genius in the German language only. What he was really try to say...Germany....check this shit out! And his form was rock solid ...and not just....fast and loose where others had never gone before...and he nailed it. The last single word in German, can change the entire meaning...right down to an entire paragraph...waiting for it.....waiting for it....damn! He did it again. But one would have to have a keen eye...to appreciate that kind of gifted articulation. To that end...*.from the ER.*🤣 Don't let fear of trying new things or the fear of strangers stop you. Just do it harder, weirder... with your own unique depraved energy and soon you will be writing classics from the ER:) Goddamned that is funny. Yes....the context....noticed....from the other post with BC....damn! The layers....so many layers to a good joke. Peace brother😇
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3/18/2026, 8:19:32 PM
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I do not speak any German, but if I ever get my hands on a time machine... we all will. :) In communicating, I have only ever been interested in ideas and relating them in a manner that they could be understood, which involved focusing on some interesting aspects and considering the other party to the conversation. One particular handicap that is hard for me to overcome is assuming others know what I know, and the other extreme is realizing how little curiosity and knowledge others have. In that context, grammar was not even on the horizon, and I don't know if I would be able to make my mind bend to apply it rigorously in practice. There is a certain level of skill that comes easily and naturally, and one would have to consider the value in exceeding this threshold. I was just trying to pressure BC into letting go of his ingrained views/excuses, and all in good fun. Peace:) don't do anything the rest of us wouldn't do:)
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3/18/2026, 8:13:47 PM
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I always thought Neitzsche was a dry, drab read. The way that you say it reads in German, with the end of his thoughts being the underscore you're waiting for... that makes sense. When I've read him, it felt like Frederick was being paid per word. As if we were talking to the store together, but he needed to walk around the block to get to the place across the street. I feel the same about Julius Evola, and I wonder if the Latin base of Italian does the same thing. I'm not a polygot, so I wouldn't know. Funnily enough, the most drawn out, boring read I've experienced was Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace - and not because it's pedantic. I simply believe I read it too late. The whole time, I'm trying to comprehend the idea of the infinite jest film and I realized that I had jumped the shark and this was meant to be read in the early 2000s. Reading it now, after having been steeped in AI slop for a couple years.. sort of feel like I am far beyond the point of being entertained to death.
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