The Fleeting Sounds of Temporary
Its been a while since i have disected the words and phraises of the common man to trace them back to their original roots. For all of you who were afraid that i had forgotten about English, grammar and dictation, I assure you that I havent. today we are going to discuss the word "contemporary." thats right, "contemporary." Im sure youve all heard this word before in passing, or over the airwaves describing your favorite 80s classics such as Point of Grace or Philips Craig and Dean. Today we are going to take another look at this too easily tossed around word.
Lets start by breaking this word appart into its two main parts; "con" and "temporary." As you can clearly see, this word is simply made up of a very often used word and prefix. This simple breaking up of words can make even the most daunting spelling B challenge look like childs play.
"Con." i believe most of you have heard the joke about pro and con, progress and congress. well that is one of the many different ways to define the word, but it will be the one we use. Even though such applicatoins as "criminal," or the spanish word for "with" arent too far fetched of an interpretation. although were discussing english so anything south of the border is not accepted. Using the word "con" is to say that it is not what it appears to be, or to be fake. In other words adding "con" to a word shows that it is not at all what the root word may be seemingly implying.
Then we have the "temporary." I think we all know what that word stands for things that dont last. Such uses as fall fasion, the eighties and teletubies are all widely accepted and condoned for this word. We could use it in the deep philosphical way of saying that nothing will last at all, but thats sounds too psuedo intellectual and possibly depressing.
So now we have a word that combines the root of "fake, or pretending" and "non lasting". This leads only to one possible conclusion; the word "contemporary" truely stands for something that will stand the test of time and may only pretend to fade out of the spotlight or show that it has served its time and is ready to take its place on the shelf. Anything truely "contemporary" will, by definition, last the test of time to show that it is as truely remarkable as when it was first introduced decades ago and that the timeless harmonies shall ring true in ones ears for decades to come.
What is "contemporary" was, is and shall be for all of time as it freshens and renews to become more real and relevant to the changing world around it.
Lets start by breaking this word appart into its two main parts; "con" and "temporary." As you can clearly see, this word is simply made up of a very often used word and prefix. This simple breaking up of words can make even the most daunting spelling B challenge look like childs play.
"Con." i believe most of you have heard the joke about pro and con, progress and congress. well that is one of the many different ways to define the word, but it will be the one we use. Even though such applicatoins as "criminal," or the spanish word for "with" arent too far fetched of an interpretation. although were discussing english so anything south of the border is not accepted. Using the word "con" is to say that it is not what it appears to be, or to be fake. In other words adding "con" to a word shows that it is not at all what the root word may be seemingly implying.
Then we have the "temporary." I think we all know what that word stands for things that dont last. Such uses as fall fasion, the eighties and teletubies are all widely accepted and condoned for this word. We could use it in the deep philosphical way of saying that nothing will last at all, but thats sounds too psuedo intellectual and possibly depressing.
So now we have a word that combines the root of "fake, or pretending" and "non lasting". This leads only to one possible conclusion; the word "contemporary" truely stands for something that will stand the test of time and may only pretend to fade out of the spotlight or show that it has served its time and is ready to take its place on the shelf. Anything truely "contemporary" will, by definition, last the test of time to show that it is as truely remarkable as when it was first introduced decades ago and that the timeless harmonies shall ring true in ones ears for decades to come.
What is "contemporary" was, is and shall be for all of time as it freshens and renews to become more real and relevant to the changing world around it.
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