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It is strange that a book about the great Scottish economist should have a faux-German title.
by jacoblyles 16y ago
It is strange that a book about the great Scottish economist should have a faux-German title.
- maayank 16y agoit's a pun on Marx's book title, Das Kapital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Kapital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Kapital
- jacoblyles 16y agoI'm aware of the pun. I consider it a bad one.
- taken11 16y agoits wrong though, it would have to be Der Kapitalist to be a pun on it.
- eru 16y agoYes. So it's even more funny. It allows us to laugh about those mono-lingual English speakers.
- gruseom 16y agoThe book is Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life. You're referring to the review's title. It's customary for editors to give witty titles to reviews. But can we please talk about the content instead?
- codeup 16y agoFunny how those who pointed out that the pun is a bad one and gramatically wrong received downvotes...