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Zeitgeist.....

A great word and an impressive word because it can sum up so many different variables and stuff in 2 (or 3) syllables.

I also cannot figure out of it is 2 or 3 syllables, does 'tg' count as a syllable? Surely not but then surely 'geist' is too long for one syllable.

Fuck it, either way it is a good word.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/

Youl like this site then Red...impressed with the word Bafflegab..

Oooh.

And just as I was thinking of sleeping. you tease you.

Bafflegab is good for starters,

Balductum is better, and I don't even know what it means yet.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-dwi1.htm

Ime out for abit of this later...

 Zeitgeist, has been used a fair bit on the TEF.

 I particularly like this example, on a thread started by Toni  :)

 http://thetownend.com/index.php/topic,24269.0.html

O.K. Reg.

Considering that you are a bit of a fan of the word zeitgeist, answer me this:

How many facking syllables does it have?

And the first person to say the the word "it" has one syllable gets a cyber chelsea smile.

Two?

Zite-Guyst

I'd go with two. One for "Zeit" and one for "geist".

Wait up.

Apparently the word Zeitgeist is a sesquipedalian word, meaning 'many syllables' or something like that. The answer might be 2 1/2 syllables or something.

I am liking this word zeitgeist even more now.

nah, it's definitely two.

Maybe I have drunk to much or something but the syllables don't seem to add up to me. I'll think about it again tomorrow.

Either way...... Zeitgeist.

Good word that innit?

Zeit-ge-est......3 syllables.

It is two.

I have a nagging suspicion that you are saying it wrong.

This would explain your confusion.

Why don't you write it down, phonetically, on here, so the Swindon Town faithful can judge.

if it's 3 you are saying it wrong.

zeit is 1. like kite or reit. Geist is also 1, a bit like friend or heist. There's no need to make a third syllable from the two consecutive hard consonant sounds of t,g.

Of course I could be wrong. And I'm sure you can get into some crazy advanced meta language shit where it can be broken down into 5 depending on the type of syllable you're talkaing about. Standard normal syllables though it's two.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeitgeist

 Well it's a German word, so may be pronounced somewhat differently in the loathsome, guttural, Teutonic accent.

Anyway back on subject. I'm still in love with adumbrate.