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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Ambiguous sentence

Ted’s wooden English aesthetic painfully contrasts with the American zeitgeist.

makes sense?
  

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makes sense? Yes. But it sounds a bit strained and perhaps pretentious to me.

— Clive

  • makes sense?
  • Yes.
  • But it sounds a bit strained and perhaps pretentious to me.
  • Unless the writer is being humorous.
  • What ambiguity do you see?
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makes sense? Yes. But it sounds a bit strained and perhaps pretentious to me. Unless the writer is being humorous.

What ambiguity do you see?

Clive
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American zeitgeist is the spirit of the times right?

This spirit of the times may also include people who have a 'wooden' aesthetic.

So it is a bad comparison to me...
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I'd paraphrase the original sentence as this.

Ted’s awkward and dull English appreciation of beauty painfully contrasts with the lively American spirit of the times.

I can find a meaning in that, albeit not a profound one.


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