tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post5622008802536240470..comments2024-03-22T07:12:47.560-07:00Comments on Pitchpull: ElectrocutionGreybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-49805518646687907752009-01-12T21:55:00.000-08:002009-01-12T21:55:00.000-08:00GB -Interesting, chief, but I'm still going with e...GB -<BR/><BR/>Interesting, chief, but I'm still going with electrocution... because, dammit, that's what it is. Can't help it if the victim survived!<BR/><BR/>Actually, it's an interesting fine point that I never knew about.<BR/><BR/>cjhCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798965643027904154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-42594344423035583002009-01-10T06:17:00.000-08:002009-01-10T06:17:00.000-08:00From Wikipedia:"Electrocution is also frequently u...From Wikipedia:<BR/>"Electrocution is also frequently used incorrectly to refer to any electric shock received. However, non-fatal exposure to electricity is refered to as electric shock."Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-928497376215301712009-01-10T05:44:00.000-08:002009-01-10T05:44:00.000-08:00Alright folks, your mission- should you decide to ...Alright folks, your mission- should you decide to accept, is to help find the term for having electricity pass through your body and not die.<BR/>I've looked at three dictionaries so far, and the term electrocution means electricity passing through the body resulting in that body assuming ambient temperature...<BR/>If you are "electrocuted", you die.<BR/>I'm not sure there is a one-word term that fits the scenario where an electrical current passes through the human body causing injury, but doesn't stop the heart.<BR/>I don't have access to my "boat anchor" dictionary right now, so maybe you can help?Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-26900647626387560542009-01-10T00:12:00.000-08:002009-01-10T00:12:00.000-08:00GB -So, as one brain cell challenged individual to...GB -<BR/><BR/>So, as one brain cell challenged individual to another...<BR/><BR/>What the heck do you call it when someone gets zapped by electricity, either from a downed powerline or a bolt of lightening? I've always thought of it as being electrocuted. <BR/><BR/>cjhCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07798965643027904154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-19835137220157688702009-01-09T17:17:00.000-08:002009-01-09T17:17:00.000-08:00Greybeard -I love your blog...thanks for the great...Greybeard -<BR/><BR/>I love your blog...thanks for the great stories...and for the great work you and your team do!!<BR/><BR/>BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-84681768663492672392009-01-09T15:28:00.000-08:002009-01-09T15:28:00.000-08:00So she was electrically injured? If it happened t...So she was electrically injured? If it happened to me I think I would be mistakingly claiming to be electrocuted and darn lucky to be alive. <BR/><BR/>Other than a shocking experience. What would the correct words be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com