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Re: From Harry Browne
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:13:53 GMT
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If you look at www.m-w.com for the verb form of "blame", you will find a
dictionary that is not screwed up.
"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message
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> Christopher Weeks wrote:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > > blame (blam)
> > > v. tr. blamed, blam·ing, blames.
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> > > 1. To hold responsible.
> > > 2. To find fault with; censure.
> > > 3. To place responsibility for (something): blamed the crisis on poor
> > > planning.
> > >
> > > http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=blame
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> > > So, while blame *can* imply fault, it can also simply be a • designation of
> > > responsibility without assigning fault, as John had indicated.
> >
> > Can you (or John, or anyone) supply a sentence demonstrating how 'blame' • can be
> > used without indicating that something bad has taken place?
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> "The heavy rains and cool weather were blamed for the high mosquito • population."
> Now, while some humans might consider that a bad thing, I'm sure the • swallows,
> bats, (farmers?), dragon flies, etc, might say otherwise.
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> > I'm quick to use
> > the dictionary too, but I don't think that it is perfectly reflective of • our
> > use of the word in this case. Also, in the more complete definition • that John
> > pasted the examples all indicated fault.
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> Looks to me like the number one reference is simply to hold responsible, • which is
> the meaning I was after.
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> -John
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> > Chris
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> > (Not that this is a really important part of the coversation or anything • :-)
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| (...) By which I you mean, I imagine, a dictionary that agrees with your definition. Fair enough, but I think you haven't found such a dictionary yet. Even that "not screwed up" dictionary identifies the verb form of "to blame" as: 2 a : to hold (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) "The heavy rains and cool weather were blamed for the high mosquito population." Now, while some humans might consider that a bad thing, I'm sure the swallows, bats, (farmers?), dragon flies, etc, might say otherwise. (...) Looks to me like (...) (24 years ago, 15-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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