"The 10 Greatest Books of All Time"

[BigFatMeanie]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

What the heck is "occocentrism?" Not even google can give me a hit on that one.

My first criterion, by the way, would have to be that I enjoyed it. There is no way a book on my list is one of the all-time best books written if I don't even want to read it- is that called Cali Cougcentrism?

I'm thinking it has something to do with Occident/Orient and he means that we shouldn't be focused only on Western literature?

[creekster]

Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

I'm thinking it has something to do with Occident/Orient and he means that we shouldn't be focused only on Western literature?

To the contrary, I think he has expressed more than once that he is happy if we focus on Western literature, but he threw in a few bones for those that might care.

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

What the heck is "occocentrism?" Not even google can give me a hit on that one.

Originally Posted by BigFatMeanie

I'm thinking it has something to do with Occident/Orient and he means that we shouldn't be focused only on Western literature?

I was going to bring this up, that while I had also noticed the suspicious lack of the Quran (or Confucius, Mao Zedong, or anything else from the unWest) I have never in my life heard of occo-centrism. (Webster hasn't either, as far as I can tell.)

But then, I figured I shouldn't question Mr. Seattle's vocabulary, and I should quit while I had him on my side. Or close to my side anyway.

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Creekster, Can we name our fake band Occocentric?
It will both reflect the fact that we're um, a rather unmulticultural group, and also the fact that we're rather eccentric (no offense).

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[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

I was going to bring this up, that while I had also noticed the suspicious lack of the Quran (or Confucius, Mao Zedong, or anything else from the unWest) I have never in my life heard of occo-centrism. (Webster hasn't either, as far as I can tell.)

But then, I figured I shouldn't question Mr. Seattle's vocabulary, and I should quit while I had him on my side. Or close to my side anyway.

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Creekster, Can we name our fake band Occocentric?
It will both reflect the fact that we're um, a rather unmulticultural group, and also the fact that we're rather eccentric (no offense).

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No, go ahead and question his vocabulary. I make up words too.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

No, go ahead and question his vocabulary. I make up words too.

Busted.