| Pete Dashwood 2005-08-10, 9:59 pm |
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Duly noted. Thanks.
Pete.
TOP POST no more below.
"Rick Smith" <ricksmith@mfi.net> wrote in message
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> "Chuck Stevens" <charles.stevens@unisys.com> wrote in message
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> on
> expected
> your
> wasn't
> hoped.
> had
> in
> and
> like
> the
> of
> another
> sign
> pejorative!
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> One problem I have seen in Merriam-Webster Online is
> that it sometimes does not carry the same sense of words
> as when I learned them and, therefore, how I understand
> them. The Random House College Dictionary, Revised
> Edition, I use is from 1975 and more closely reflects my
> understanding, when I read a word, and my intent, when
> I use one.
>
> Though the term, 'value judgment', did not occur to me until
> yesterday, I had recognized that, when Mr Dashwood used
> 'stupid', it was an opinion, a 'value judgment', and not an
> 'absolute fact'. Merriam-Webster Online provides a
> 'technical' definition of 'value judgment' but the RHCD met
> my expectations.
>
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> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictiona...e+judgment&x=22
> &y=17 >
> value judgment:: a judgment assigning a value (as good or bad)
> to something
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> Random House College Dictionary, 1975
> value judgment : an estimate of the worth or goodness of
> something or someone.
>
> Usage for 'stupid' : Stupid implies natural slowness or dullness
> of intellect, or sometimes, a benumbed or dazed state of mind;
> it is also used to mean foolish or silly : well-meaning but stupid;
> rendered stupid by a blow; It is stupid to do such a thing.
>
> Mr Stevens, that '[stupid] is also used to mean foolish or silly',
> as in 'It is stupid to do such a thing', simply reflects usage as
> it was in, perhaps, the late 60's and early 70's. For my part,
> I can think of no way to unlearn the past, it seems contrary
> to the leaning process. Having said that, I do agree that using
> words that more accurately reflect such 'value judgments' is
> a good thing to learn.
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