tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post479217405207094348..comments2024-03-28T09:46:42.923-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: "What wounds are these?"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4942772100210799512016-04-08T12:01:27.797-05:002016-04-08T12:01:27.797-05:00Trivia regarding Washington Metro...no Googling......Trivia regarding Washington Metro...no Googling...when the doors open to a car, there are two tones that sound. They are the first two notes to a famous song. Kind of cool. Anyone know?<br />LarryParent of 4th Graderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02159250124256720189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6409216964341611162016-04-05T23:42:56.287-05:002016-04-05T23:42:56.287-05:00Meant each word in dictionary could have as many a...Meant each word in dictionary could have as many as twenty odd examples of usage, usually quotes from the research, after the definition. okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47047437761208986442016-04-05T23:39:55.900-05:002016-04-05T23:39:55.900-05:00Just read about the tweny five year effort to crea...Just read about the tweny five year effort to create the first OED. Each word researched endlessly to find its first usuage. Maybe twenty or so examples of historical usage taken from earliest writings to more current usage. The word "protagonist' became the source of months of heated debate, for example. The argument centering on if the word could refer to more than one protaganist. So, Mr. Steinburg, congratulations for upholding the tradition. Btw, the original Oxford dictionary was described to have some large number of tombstone sized books. Of what we might consider onionskin paper. Forgive my old brain, the number escapes me. okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54808702767909905812016-04-05T11:55:55.724-05:002016-04-05T11:55:55.724-05:00By any definition, Donald Trump is wounding Americ...By any definition, Donald Trump is wounding America. Is it a mortal wound?Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568908951400103413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79616429030415164302016-04-05T10:52:43.045-05:002016-04-05T10:52:43.045-05:00An interesting and worthy discussion. Those not et...An interesting and worthy discussion. Those not etymologically inclined might feel it to be breaking a butterfly on a wheel, but an opportunity to take the august Times down a peg should be welcomed by all.<br /><br />Beyond Virgil there is precedent for metaphorical usage ("He was wounded by her rejection of his proposal.") that doesn't exactly fit the bill, but in the instant context I favor abiding by the concesus view that a wound is a physical insult deliberately inflicted, ususlly in battle. Examples from literature are manifold. One thinks of Dr. John Watson, who survived his early days in London on a "wound pension" granted for injuries suffered at Maiwand during the second Afghan War.<br /><br />Sorry to hear about the Washington METRO. Haven't been there for a while, but used it regularly for a number of years and found it a superior system. If he's going to live anywhere near a station your kid shouldn't get a car. Money and time wasted on parking alone would eat him alive.<br /><br />Tom Evans Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84467441587735914702016-04-05T09:36:49.604-05:002016-04-05T09:36:49.604-05:00Insure vs. Ensure is one of my pet peeves, as well...Insure vs. Ensure is one of my pet peeves, as well. Incorrect usage would not have appeared in a New Yorker issue in the days of Harold Ross and William Shawn. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097483866419444148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22596576982532795422016-04-05T08:32:39.830-05:002016-04-05T08:32:39.830-05:00The sense of "wound" as an injury of any...The sense of "wound" as an injury of any sort might be creeping in from medical usage: cuts are referred to as "wounds" even when they've been inflicted for benevolent purposes, quite rightly I think, for the body doesn't distinguish between harm done it for good or for evil.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10682111996120141292016-04-05T08:26:47.665-05:002016-04-05T08:26:47.665-05:00"to inflict a deliberate injury" seems r..."to inflict a deliberate injury" seems right to me, though the word seems to be reserved for describing injuries to the military, police and/or victims of criminal acts these days. A train crash caused by defect or human error doesn't qualify, but what about a wreak with injuries/fatalities caused by a terrorist bomb?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21614591100004049462016-04-05T07:43:19.720-05:002016-04-05T07:43:19.720-05:00the difference between injured and wounded in the ...the difference between injured and wounded in the common parlance as well as print seems well established and accepted. i too felt the awkwardness of the use of wounded in this context and while it could be easily glossed over, i appreciate the effort to examine words their evolution , history, and multiple meanings . i think its well worth the effort to examine language in this way, and very satisfying to hear the NYT changed their copy on line.FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66476108224818438282016-04-05T07:13:02.629-05:002016-04-05T07:13:02.629-05:00I would still quibble with the use of the word wou...I would still quibble with the use of the word wound in this context. Wound refers to injuries that tear or puncture the skin. Did the reporters count non-fatal injuries, distinguishing tears and punctures from bruises, sprains and broken bones?dr xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08215564294189783790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72083777495664082912016-04-05T00:17:29.469-05:002016-04-05T00:17:29.469-05:00I have been following the travails of the DC Metro...I have been following the travails of the DC Metro system in the Washington Post & it appears to make the CTA appear to be well run, that's how bad it is!<br />The automatic train control system failed & caused a major collision with fatalities & then all the trains had to be run manually, which made for several close calls.<br />Fires in electrical cables, which shut it down.<br />Numerous incompetent managers that simply refused to do their jobs & now the third general manager running it in just a year.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80163955363822335722016-04-05T00:12:24.936-05:002016-04-05T00:12:24.936-05:00And it's still there.
"CHESTER, Pa. — An...And it's still there. <br />"CHESTER, Pa. — An Amtrak train, southbound at high speed on Sunday morning, slammed into construction equipment on the tracks near Philadelphia, killing two track workers and wounding more than 30 passengers, the authorities said."<br /><br />Someone needs to explain the the Times the meaning of the verb. Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957545591351593700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12290252803179127072016-04-05T00:08:32.182-05:002016-04-05T00:08:32.182-05:00The NYT also used "wounded" in the arti...The NYT also used "wounded" in the article on the Amtrack crash. At least one commenter made the same critique as you. Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957545591351593700noreply@blogger.com