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Re: "Über"-use
From:
Jane Saral <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:48:29 -0400
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In Ben Brantley's review of *Hamlet* in today's NY Times:  "And Mr.
Waterston, who is today best known as the uber-prosecutor Jack McCoy on "Law
and Order," invests Polonius with real pathos as well as humor."

Jane Saral
Atlanta

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:44 PM, STAHLKE, HERBERT F <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I missed the song, but I fear my ignorance of pop culture is profound.
>
> Herb
>
> Herbert F. W. Stahlke, Ph.D.
> Emeritus Professor of English
> Ball State University
> Muncie, IN  47306
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> ________________________________________
> From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of MC Johnstone [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: June 17, 2008 10:24 AM
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> Subject: Re: "Über"-use
>
>  STAHLKE, HERBERT F wrote:
> > About the only German use of "ueber" that most Americans are aware of is
> in the title of the national anthem, and that only because of the notoriety
> the Nazis gave it.  So it gets borrowed with a high back rounded vowel and
> the sense "excessive(ly)".
> >
> > Herb
> Well, there is also the song, "California Uber Alles", circa 1979 by the
> Dead Kennedy's, a punk band from San Francisco. I see uber used as a
> kind of superlative on the net, but have no idea how mainstream it has
> become. A common sighting in the wild is "uber noob". This is mostly
> confined to the gaming community. This sense seems more like "super"
> than "excessively".
>
> Mark
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