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gwnn Senior Member Offline Posts: 472 Joined: 03/21/11	Re: 'to blunder' as a transitive verb? Reply #6 - 10/31/13 at 08:48:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	Well I see GM analysis on the internet and the videos also have audio (the same way we say 'I watched a movie' and not 'I watched and listened to a movie'). Or I read the interviews online and it hurts my ears nonetheless. But you're right, of course, thanks, I will try not to use it. Still I don't think being annoyed by other people's mistakes is hypocrisy as long as I try not to commit my own.


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katar Senior Member Offline look another year went by Posts: 463 Location: LA Joined: 09/21/05 Gender:	Re: 'to blunder' as a transitive verb? Reply #5 - 10/30/13 at 19:35:26	Post Tools	Print Post
	The quoted text is no more jarring than the usage, "I see people say..." and that this purportedly visual experience "hurts my ears." So, did you see it or hear it? Perhaps you have managed to "see" with your ears.

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Stigma God Member Offline There is a crack in everything. Posts: 3277 Joined: 11/07/06 Gender:	Re: 'to blunder' as a transitive verb? Reply #4 - 10/30/13 at 16:33:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	I probably wouldn't have used it myself, but "I blundered Rxc3" is entirely understandable, and even a bit creative. Relax people, words and languages always have and always will change! Quote: blunder (v.) mid-14c., "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra "shut one's eyes," from PIE root *bhlendh- (see blind). Meaning "make a stupid mistake" is first recorded 1711. Related: Blundered; blundering. Maybe I should be a real Norse purist and demand that "blunder" only be used if you actually took a nap?! (Modern Norwegian "blund" (n.) still means "nap" btw.)

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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: 'to blunder' as a transitive verb? Reply #3 - 10/30/13 at 15:43:32	Post Tools	Print Post
	gwnn wrote on 10/30/13 at 09:08:33: Warning: this is not a life-and-death question. I often see players say 'I blundered Rxc3 there' with the meaning 'I missed [the fact that he can play] Rxc3.' This usage really hurts my ears, am I alone in this? Blundering a piece means giving it away but blundering his move? What? It does sound like a bad choice of word. But what if Rxc3 takes a blundered piece?


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Dink Heckler God Member Offline Love-Forty Posts: 902 Joined: 02/01/07 Gender:	Re: 'to blunder' as a transitive verb? Reply #2 - 10/30/13 at 14:33:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	It's just another skirmish in chessplayers' war on the English language

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dfan God Member Offline "When you see a bad move, look for a better one" Posts: 766 Location: Boston Joined: 10/04/05	Re: 'to blunder' as a transitive verb? Reply #1 - 10/30/13 at 13:05:08	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have not heard this usage, but if I had I would be just as upset as you.


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gwnn Senior Member Offline Posts: 472 Joined: 03/21/11	'to blunder' as a transitive verb? 10/30/13 at 09:08:33	Post Tools	Print Post
	Warning: this is not a life-and-death question. I often see players say 'I blundered Rxc3 there' with the meaning 'I missed [the fact that he can play] Rxc3.' This usage really hurts my ears, am I alone in this? Blundering a piece means giving it away but blundering his move? What?


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