[escepticos] RV: A.Word.A.Day--ombudsman

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No se si viene al caso, aunque con tanta discusion como se esta estos dias
trayendo por aqui, lo mismo deberiamos nombrar nosotros tambien un
hombre-embudo!

jav.
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Fecha: lunes 25 de mayo de 1998 12:24
Asunto: A.Word.A.Day--ombudsman


>ombudsman (OM-budz-man, -buhdz-, -boodz-) noun
>
>   1. A man who investigates complaints, reports findings, and mediates
fair
>      settlements, especially between aggrieved parties such as consumers
or
>      students and an institution, an organization, or a company.
>
>   2. A government official, especially in Scandinavian countries, who
>      investigates citizens' complaints against the government or its
>      functionaries.
>
>[Swedish, from Old Norse umbodhsmadhr, deputy, plenipotentiary : umbodh,
>commission : um, about; + bodh, command. + madhr, man.]
>
>WORD HISTORY: The word ombudsman looks as if its constituents would be
>familiar, judging from the element man, but it is difficult to think of
what
>ombuds could mean. Ombudsman is from Swedish, a Germanic language in the
same
>family as English, and man in Swedish corresponds to our word man. Ombud
>means "commissioner, agent," coming from Old Norse umbodh, "charge,
>commission, administration by a delegacy," umbodh being made up of um,
>"regarding," and bodh, "command." In Old Norse an umbodhsmadhr was a
"trusty
>manager, commissary." In Swedish an ombudsman was a deputy who looked after
>the interests and legal affairs of a group such as a trade union or
business.
>In 1809 the office of riksdagens justitieombudsman was created to act as an
>agent of justice, that is, to see after the interests of justice in affairs
>between the government and its citizens. This office of ombudsman and the
>word ombudsman have been adopted elsewhere, as in individual states in the
>United States. The term has also been expanded in sense to include people
who
>perform the same function for business corporations or newspapers.
>
>   "Seventh, although many viewers are passive and reluctant to formally
>   express their dissatisfaction with TV programs, there is a need to
>   strengthen the ombudsman system which enables viewers to convey their
>   dissatisfaction with programs to the broadcasting companies or to the
>   Korean Broadcasting Commission."
>   Lee, Choon-ah, Women's Reception of Mass Media: Attitudinal and
>   Behavioral Characteristics, Women's Studies Forum, 1 Jan 1996.
>
>This week's theme: words with interesting histories.
>
>...........................................................................
>When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and
>the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame
>for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings?
>The killers are to blame. -Dan Quayle, Former U.S. Vice President (1947-)
>
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