"Uber" in pop culture

[Laurence Horn]

>     Last semester one of my students drew my
>attention to "uber" in pop culture and prepared
>a brief report on it.
>Over the summer he did a bit of additional
>checking on it and yesterday sent me the e-mail
>below. I now share it with ads-l and would
>welcome any feedback on it. I will of course
>share it with Mr. Barnes.
>
>Gerald Cohen
>
>________________________________
>
>From: Barnes, Seth Wayne (UMR-Student)
>Sent: Mon 8/20/2007 5:25 PM
>To: gcohen at umr.edu
>Subject: Uber
>
>
>Hello Dr. Cohen. You had asked me to revise my
>report of the progression of "uber" through Pop
>Culture. Sorry It took so long to send you my
>first draft, but as you will see the recent
>information I have gathered has been the most
>valuable. The movie 300 came out just before the
>end of the school year and the repercussion of
>its use of the word uber was far greater than
>even I predicted. Let me know if it needs
>editing or anything else interesting you know.
>
>Best Regards,
>Seth Barnes
>
>
>
>* * * * * * *
>
>
>
>Uber:
>
>             From the German Über, as a word or
>prefix, meaning literally "above;" Uber was
>introduced to American youth by the Dead
>Kennedys, an 80's rock band with a strong German
>influence, in the song "California Uber Alles"
>(Germany Above All.)

a somewhat free translation there...

LH

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