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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:05 PM
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Watching Countdown (on DVR), and some idiot just said "ZEETgeist"
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 11:06 PM by Shakespeare
Zeitgeist. It's pronounced ZITE-geist, you idiot. :banghead:

Edited to add: the moran is Chris Kofinis, a dem analyst.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:06 PM
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1. Ha! I said the same thing when I heard it!
:rofl:
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:07 PM
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3. I got peer-around-the-laptop whiplash.
Then yelled at the TV, "you did NOT just say 'zeet' giest!"
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:07 PM
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2. bonus points if your z sounds more like a ts
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:09 PM
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4. I'm semi-fluent in German, so I'm down with the "ts."
Zeet-geist.... :eyes:
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:14 PM
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5. Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut, but at least I don't say zeet-geist.
Mein Gott.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-05-08 11:24 PM
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6. Huh? WTF is zeet-gist? Something you spray on plants to get rid of aphids?
Edited on Thu Jun-05-08 11:25 PM by madinmaryland
:wtf:

:shrug:

:hi:
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