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

["Pedro Luis Gomez Barrondo" <gargantua@...>]

Si señor y también un hombre receptá-CULO que sepa utilizar el embudo.
Aunque he observado que el piramidal cydonio no ha postulado hoy.
A ver si sigue....

Saludos escépticos desde Bilbao -((:.-))

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De: Planetario <planetario en cin.es>
Para: Lista Escepticos <escepticos en CCDIS.dis.ulpgc.es>
Fecha: lunes 25 de mayo de 1998 13:24
Asunto: [escepticos] RV: A.Word.A.Day--ombudsman


>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.
>-----Original Message-----
>De: Wordsmith <wsmith en wordsmith.org>
>Para: linguaphile en wordsmith.org <linguaphile en wordsmith.org>
>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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