Chatuchak market sign
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Submitted by lambert on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 3:43am
I liked this sign:
The genre of Asian *glish signs is well known, but this one is meta:
1. By "every" is meant "very," I believe; my Thai friends always pronounce "very" that way (probably because that's how their ears here us say it, since Thai does allow "v" as an initial consonant.
2. But "very perfect" cannot be! Something is either perfect, or it is not!
Then again, perhaps from a Buddhist perspective "Every [being is/was/will be] perfect." The head, apparently, is the most sacred oart of the body and this is, after all, a hat store.
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What the hell is being meant by 'meta'
If one looks at wiki or a dictionary definition of 'meta' neither support how it is being used by bloggers. So what the hell do bloggers mean when using the prefix?
Second order
The first order error is the spelling.
The second order error is the meaning.
Covering minutiae of campaign tactics instead of issues is meta.
"Going meta" is criticizing the blog or the moderation policies instead of engaging with the content or the posters.