What is a culprit?

Mail bounced. } } ----- Transcript of session follows ----- } 550 remkos@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE... Host unknown } } > } > JohnnyTL (johnnytl@aol.com) wrote: } > > In article <RICKH.94Oct10145024@yeshua.marcam.com>, } > > rickh@yeshua.marcam.com (Rick Hamel) writes: } > } > > I am curious if you have found any resolution to your problems. We also } > > are experiencing lots of connectivity problems and have about decided } > > I-Net is the culprit. } > } > What is a culprit??? } } 'One guilty of a crime' } } Person or thing responsible for something - has a bad connotation. So it } usually means the 'evildoer'. The connotation is not 'severe' so it's not } as bad as some other terms such as miscreant, criminal..... } } (p.s. connotation is the figurative meaning of a word, in addition to the } literal meaning). } } cheers } j. (Mr. Language Person) _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| The older I get, the better I was. jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com | _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________