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 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:07 am
Some folks sure as hell don't. I read an interesting post in the Harry Potter forum where in the fifth book Harry has all this "angst". Just where does it say that? Harry may have emotional extremities due to Dolores Umbridge being in control of Hogwarts after Dumbledore...well you get the idea.
But let's avoid the geekdom for a sec. Even if you're a good typist, typing "angst" as a teenage anger emotion isn't very good grammar at all. It's something heavy metal/punk rock/goth/emo types use because they love to hate everyone. But Harry's not really a rock star, per se. He just has an anger management problem at times that's completely normal for his age.
I won't post the reference because the whole Harry Potter subforum on Gaia seems too familiar. I just hate it when the word "angst" is used to describe regular teenage anger. It's not, alright? talk2hand
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:18 pm
I understand the problem, but the English vocabulary (or that of any language) tends to morph a lot faster than its grammar. The only rule that you can safely keep is that the definition of a word is what everyone thinks it means.
Don't get me wrong; I don't particularly like the fact that the "real" meaning is lost so easily nowadays, either. However, it's sometimes more of a priority to get your point across than to flail around the dictionary.
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Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:24 am
Angst is a genre... So I don't know what to say about that.
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