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September 25, 2017 11:32 AM Subscribe
Jaimaca's flag expresses a meaning of government conceived with independence in 1962. Germany's flag expresses multiple changes in government since, like, 1848. The Greens (in Germany) are a weak substitute for AfD. A "grand coalition" is history. So what do some people mean, when they describe Germany's government as a "Jamaican coalition"? What kind of joke is that?
Semiotics
Meanwhile, arch semiology is being crushed by mass "meme" production worldwide. Neither sign nor symbol express systematic "substance". Umberto Eco is dead. Netflix had re-launched Seinfield's career. Everyone's a critic until guns are drawn. Jokes fall flat. A flag, icon of national identity, signifies the null set.
Semiotics
“The sun shineth, the land is green and the people are strong and creative” is the symbolism of the colours of the flag. Black depicts the strength and creativity of the people; Gold, the natural wealth and beauty of sunlight; and green, hope and agricultural resources.Paranomasia
Whether the conservative CDU (whose colour is black) will choose a "Jamaican coalition" with the Greens (green) and the liberal FPD (yellow), or a "grand coalition" with the CSU and SPD, it will impact Macron’s chances.Paranomasia is a technical, categorical term denoting a universe of "jokes". Joke detection is a kind of specialty among linguists and literary critics who (metaphorically) cruise oral and written speech. Lit crits seemingly presume the best jokes are intentional"puns" in the language they know best. Linguists' patrols cover unintentional paranomasia [PDF], too, because linguists are also in the business of translating, transposing, and transcribing mutually unintelligible, living and dead, languages. Too many failures to communicate on the ground (so to speak) can alter the course of ideation, from here to there, literally and orally.
Meanwhile, arch semiology is being crushed by mass "meme" production worldwide. Neither sign nor symbol express systematic "substance". Umberto Eco is dead. Netflix had re-launched Seinfield's career. Everyone's a critic until guns are drawn. Jokes fall flat. A flag, icon of national identity, signifies the null set.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Heya, if this is meant to actually be about the semiotics of the German election, go ahead and add it as a comment in the thread from yesterday; if it's supposed to be about paranomasia and semiotics qua semiotics, it'll work a lot better to reframe the post to be more clearly focused on that instead of looking like an editorial comment on the German election. -- cortex
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posted by Halloween Jack at 11:41 AM on September 25, 2017