I’m a lawyer, and that means I try to be precise with my language. I don’t always succeed, but I try. So this means I do a lot of Google searches of “define X” to make sure I’m using a word correctly for the idea I’m conveying. I don’t remember why, but I wanted to make sure berating was the word I wanted, so I googled it. And this is what I got:
Does something seem off to you? Yeah…
Really now, Google? Maybe you should get a psychoanalyst.
This is not taken from another website. It is an actual screen capture from my own browsing.
Now that's comedy!
this is a foremost example of artificial intelligence. the computer (dr. google) knew you are jewish. if you were japanese it would read "shinto upbringing"
I got the same thing for the record…
It seems the original source is from Oxford (!), of all places:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Vm_mNJiflwgC&lpg=PA45&ots=d0UTlLbaJN&dq=%22my%20son%20berated%20me%20for%20not%20giving%20him%20a%20Jewish%20upbringing%22&pg=PA45#v=onepage&q=%22my%20son%20berated%20me%20for%20not%20giving%20him%20a%20Jewish%20upbringing%22&f=false
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-berate.html
Wow, I had to see for myself. I wonder if @menash has it right. I wish I could hope on an "Irish computer" or maybe an "African American computer" and check it out.
I'm Muslim and when I tried it out, it came up with the same thing, so it must be the standard definition.
(even though I'm not Jewish, I find this blog to be really interesting and educational. 🙂 I hope that you'll start posting regularly again someday.
Maybe the author is speaking from personal experience?
Maybe not. Otherwise, I don't have a clue as to why they would use that reference.
It is wonderful to "see" you back.
Hope all is going well!
Comes up the same here in Melbourne