Comments on: Word of the Day: Karma http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-karma/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Trupti Ashar http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-karma/comment-page-1/#comment-99705 Trupti Ashar Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:07:38 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1021#comment-99705 Karma (karm) is also a Hindu concept, the meaning of which is very correctly explained above originally. It may also be explained in the following manner....however you may act in the present lifetime-good or bad- the results will be deposited permanently in your "account" and will reflect upon your future lifetime in the same manner. Karma (karm) is also a Hindu concept, the meaning of which is very correctly explained above originally. It may also be explained in the following manner….however you may act in the present lifetime-good or bad- the results will be deposited permanently in your “account” and will reflect upon your future lifetime in the same manner.

]]> By: Zaheen http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-karma/comment-page-1/#comment-69467 Zaheen Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:07:23 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1021#comment-69467 Here is what I've learnt as an Indian with equal usage of Hindi and English... "Karma" (pronounced as Kurm) is a simple substitute for the English word 'deed'. The religious ideology is that you do good 'deeds' and so shall be done unto you... Karma is just deed Here is what I’ve learnt as an Indian with equal usage of Hindi and English…

“Karma” (pronounced as Kurm) is a simple substitute for the English word ‘deed’.

The religious ideology is that you do good ‘deeds’ and so shall be done unto you…

Karma is just deed

]]> By: Brad K. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-karma/comment-page-1/#comment-58750 Brad K. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:05:56 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1021#comment-58750 GM - the "@GM" usage seems to have cropped up recently. On other blogs where comments routinely involve conversations between visitors, it is handy to have a visual signal that a particular comment addresses two or more different visitors or authors. And so the "@" sign. It felt rude to me, the first time I encountered the usage. I was used to "x AT domain.com" for emails, or three (3) potatoes @ $0.37 per pound. Since then I have come to accept that the @ symbol is a shorthand "address". And read "@GM" as "To GM: ". I usually leave a blank line above, to separate comments for the second addressee from earlier writing. As I see it, this usage for the seems to fill a communication niche. Or maybe it is just quicker, and more universally available, than an ampersand-coded symbol, a line of hyphens or underlines, or multiple blank lines (that will get compressed to a single line, on some platforms, to separate comments addressed to different people. It has been cropping up occasionally in the last three months or so - which almost makes it a standard! lol! Enjoy the day. GM – the “@GM” usage seems to have cropped up recently. On other blogs where comments routinely involve conversations between visitors, it is handy to have a visual signal that a particular comment addresses two or more different visitors or authors. And so the “@” sign.

It felt rude to me, the first time I encountered the usage. I was used to “x AT domain.com” for emails, or three (3) potatoes @ $0.37 per pound.

Since then I have come to accept that the @ symbol is a shorthand “address”. And read “@GM” as “To GM: “. I usually leave a blank line above, to separate comments for the second addressee from earlier writing.

As I see it, this usage for the seems to fill a communication niche. Or maybe it is just quicker, and more universally available, than an ampersand-coded symbol, a line of hyphens or underlines, or multiple blank lines (that will get compressed to a single line, on some platforms, to separate comments addressed to different people. It has been cropping up occasionally in the last three months or so – which almost makes it a standard! lol!

Enjoy the day.

]]> By: bad tim http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-karma/comment-page-1/#comment-58701 bad tim Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:20:18 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1021#comment-58701 i didn't say that your definition of the buddhist meaning was wrong, and i don't presume to understand the full meaning of the concept as it is used in hinduism and buddhism. my point is that in western usage, 'karma' is a mere shadow of its original meaning, and that 'fate or destiny' is not an accurate description of its usage; which your quotes illustrate. stone's meaning is that the earthquakes were a punishment to china, not its fate. the washington post quote is talking about the results of the man's performance, not his super bowl destiny. i didn’t say that your definition of the buddhist meaning was wrong, and i don’t presume to understand the full meaning of the concept as it is used in hinduism and buddhism.

my point is that in western usage, ‘karma’ is a mere shadow of its original meaning, and that ‘fate or destiny’ is not an accurate description of its usage; which your quotes illustrate. stone’s meaning is that the earthquakes were a punishment to china, not its fate. the washington post quote is talking about the results of the man’s performance, not his super bowl destiny.

]]> By: Daniel Scocco http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-karma/comment-page-1/#comment-58651 Daniel Scocco Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:18:00 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1021#comment-58651 @Beth, I rephrased that. Sometimes I get confused by the structures of English, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian grammar. Sorry about that. @Beth, I rephrased that.

Sometimes I get confused by the structures of English, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian grammar. Sorry about that.

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