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| Thread ID: 96549 | 2009-01-14 04:34:00 | Help from the Wordsmiths | joemac (9739) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 738546 | 2009-01-14 08:16:00 | Simple -look in any Dictionary (www.thefreedictionary.com) Please note: my Aviator had an electric shock:p |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 738547 | 2009-01-14 08:29:00 | An electric shock does not amount to electrocution. An electric shot is just that, electrocution is death from an electric shock. What about considering a person "dying" but then revived by CPR. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 738548 | 2009-01-14 08:32:00 | What about considering a person "dying" but then revived by CPR. Well, its either an electrocution and a resurrection, or they didn't get electrocuted |
joemac (9739) | ||
| 738549 | 2009-01-14 08:36:00 | Well, its either an electrocution and a resurrection, or they didn't get electrocuted Actually, you can techically be dead for a few minutes. |
Blam (54) | ||
| 738550 | 2009-01-14 08:38:00 | Actually, you can techically be dead for a few minutes. Sure, and then you come back to life. Hence, resurrection. |
joemac (9739) | ||
| 738551 | 2009-01-14 08:45:00 | Well, its either an electrocution and a resurrection, or they didn't get electrocuted I've checked the online Oxford English Dictionary The 2 meaning given for the verb "Electrocute" are 1. trans. To put to death by means of a powerful electric current; to execute in the electric chair. 2. trans. To give an electric shock to; esp. (chiefly refl. or in pass.) to kill or injure by electric shock. so you'll be disappointed that injury is enough :D |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 738552 | 2009-01-14 10:42:00 | If you electrocute someone then they are DEAD, not half dead, or quarter dead, but DEAD. For instance you may have the intention to electrocute someone and attempt to carry it out but if they do not die then you have not electrocuted them, you have given them a non-fatal/lethal electric shock, you did not electrocute them. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 738553 | 2009-01-14 12:54:00 | If you electrocute someone then they are DEAD, not half dead, or quarter dead, but DEAD. For instance you may have the intention to electrocute someone and attempt to carry it out but if they do not die then you have not electrocuted them, you have given them a non-fatal/lethal electric shock, you did not electrocute them. The original in quotes was the word "electrocute" as compared to "electrocuted". I might add that words only mean what the reader or listener understands them to mean. You need to listen or read and interpret the surrounding words to get the content and comprehend to get the gist of it all as it were. As I was not privy to the whole of converstion I have no idea as to what was meant. Once upon a time I sat in a desert eating my dessert and felt deserted. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 738554 | 2009-01-14 23:14:00 | Electrocute means to kill someone/thing using electricity, there is no other meaning. Electrocuted is the past tense, meaning someone was killed with electricity. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 738555 | 2009-01-14 23:22:00 | I have been having a discussion with a friend of mine about the word "electrocute" She was telling me a story about someone who was electrocuted and needed hospital treatment . Not uncommon for people to use words incorrectly . Look how many talk about some event they found "concerning" . When they mean worrying or of concern . Illiterates . . . . . . . . . . |
pctek (84) | ||
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