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at work and customer sez
"my favorite contemporary music is 70's funk"

oxymoronic, or can it be stretched to fit? we're arguing here...help

― duke safire, Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

i guess i feel the latter but am i being oppositional?

― duke defense, Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Contemporary if he looks like

, otherwise, dumb.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

'Contemporary' to mean 'current' is a fairly recent usage, I think (ie. the 'tempor' being assumed to refer to 'now'). Perhaps they were talking about something else from the 70s prior to this statement. GIVE US THE CONTEXT.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:51 (twenty-two years ago)

It would depend on the context.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

(alternatively, perhaps they are very aged and perception of time is consequently stretched)

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought this thread was going to be about photocopying in libraries, btw.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Exactly. If it was an 18 yr old saying it it would be kind of weird, but if the person was in their 50s or 60s they might still see that kind of music as contemporary.

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― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

apparently young. not what you would call bright (guess he pronounced 'reggae' as 'reggie'), context just retail chit-chat with register dude. i guess i'm just saying he stumbled into a not-so-incorrect phrasing, idiot savant style...

― duke savant, Thursday, 20 May 2004 20:59 (twenty-two years ago)

i wasn't there, i am not judging the person's character mind you, just interested in this liguistically...

― duke disclaim, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:06 (twenty-two years ago)

linguistically

― duke spell, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:06 (twenty-two years ago)

He's prolly just a Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings fan.

― sexyDancerf, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

they're his token favorite.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:09 (twenty-two years ago)

As per official Duke University policy, there is no dope smoking allowed in Other Music.

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:10 (twenty-two years ago)

dude, help me keep a low profile here (ha!) i was recently faux-chewed out just for ILE!

― duke I love, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Why not simply change your identity?

― terrence trent d'arby, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

cos i'm me dammit! just resembles the same shit that's happened to me since the day i was born anyway, and it's not so horrible compared to any real problems obv.

― duke obv, Thursday, 20 May 2004 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)

"I thought this thread was going to be about photocopying in libraries, btw"

sorry, not quite as exciting i understand.

― duke bobst, Thursday, 20 May 2004 22:05 (twenty-two years ago)

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