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nicklaf · 2015-09-05 02:15:43

I was unaware of Mao's Three World theory.

I had assumed that kelukelugames meant the phrase in the European sense of the term, coined in 1952 by Alfred Sauvy (according to Wikipedia).

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jat850 | karma 1309 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2010-07-28 20:02:51+00:00

It could have implicitly meant the League of Nations, precursor to the United Nations, and simply misidentified (or simplified) it as such.

aaronbrethorst | karma 62694 | avg karma 8.0 · | 2010-08-23 05:22:35+00:00

Interesting, I didn't know the proper definition until now, either. I doubt Paul realizes it.

dcanelhas | karma 264 | avg karma 1.87 · | 2021-03-24 22:17:22+00:00

Oh, I didn't know that! I thought the expression simply meant double understanding/meaning.

mooism2 | karma 2317 | avg karma 1.17 · | 2012-02-02 09:25:07+00:00

I meant conceptually --- I'd never heard the phrase before. Thanks.

moehm | karma 935 | avg karma 4.97 · | 2021-06-29 20:37:49

Thanks, I wasn't aware of this connotation.

pg5 | karma 367 | avg karma 3.82 · | 2024-05-03 22:40:15

Ah, I wasn't aware of the connotation. Luckily, this post is the only place where I've described it in that way.

balfirevic | karma 2533 | avg karma 1.96 · | 2020-08-10 13:49:10

Yeah, I know of that one, of course, but it didn't seem to make sense in the context of mettamage's comment.

taylanub | karma 179 | avg karma 4.47 · | 2015-01-29 13:31:30+00:00

Someone else just pointed that out to me too. I didn't know of all the connotations of the term, sorry about that. :-)

mattowen_uk | karma 10168 | avg karma 16.43 · | 2021-10-12 03:30:20

Having read it years ago, I knew it was referenced, but I wasn't sure if he coined it.

TeMPOraL | karma 106045 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2016-12-05 19:04:01+00:00

Many people know the phrase - maybe they even remember it from history lessons. But understanding what it means is often absent (as with many concepts one doesn't use) until one for some reason starts thinking about it more.

recursive | karma 9788 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2021-01-29 16:35:55+00:00

Thank you. I've managed to go forty years without hearing that one. Now that I know the next level meaning, I'm still confused about what is being referenced.

openfuture | karma 1252 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2017-09-27 05:28:49

it was just a placeholder phrase for the concept I wanted to point out.

suprjami | karma 2080 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2023-01-09 14:21:35

I knew about these, but hadn't made the connection to English words like "strategy" or "island" or "together". That's still a surprise to me.

josalhor | karma 777 | avg karma 4.92 · | 2021-03-25 10:04:01+00:00

I had never heard that phrase. Very insightful.

itcrowd | karma 1871 | avg karma 4.23 · | 2020-08-05 17:17:22+00:00

Do you remember where you read it? It's a nice and funny formulation but a quick attempt at googling didn't bring this up for me.

scrollaway | karma 28520 | avg karma 4.25 · | 2015-06-01 07:30:45+00:00

You got me curious. I looked it up. Definitely not what I thought. I'm not a native English speaker though, so that's my excuse :)

burgerbrain | karma 9016 | avg karma 3.09 · | 2011-07-21 18:03:02+00:00

The single phrase would have sufficed to make my point, I stated it as a link for those unfamiliar with the concept.

mikeash | karma 74524 | avg karma 3.52 · | 2017-08-10 18:17:20+00:00

Gotcha. I took "a world" literally, but guess I shouldn't have.

NateEag | karma 2462 | avg karma 1.94 · | 2022-08-04 23:49:34

I somehow went thirty-eight years in this life without realizing there was actually a double meaning behind that phrase.

Thank you for enlightening me.

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