Noticed how "casualty" has morphed to mean "fatality"?

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by Another Scott

8/30/05 11:01:09 AM

Noticed how "casualty" has morphed to mean "fatality"?

(Just an aside.)

Have you noticed how [link|http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=casualty|casualty] has morphed recently to mean the same as [link|http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fatality|fatality]? It's especially common in reporting on Iraq for the TV talking heads to use casualty when they mean fatality. It bugs me.

I'm glad you appreciate the distinction too.

Carry on. :-)

Cheers,
Scott.

Ask the Pilot___nervous, lately? - (Ashton) - (127) - Aug. 27, 2005, 05:16:06 AM EDT

I am not big on flying these days. - (bionerd) - (118) - Aug. 27, 2005, 11:14:05 AM EDT

Me either! - (Nightowl) - (1) - Aug. 28, 2005, 02:01:51 AM EDT

There was going to be a comment here. - (pwhysall) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:47:10 AM EDT

Oh, for the love of... -NT - (mmoffitt) - (26) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:36:59 AM EDT

You cant dispute that an unusually high number of - (bionerd) - (25) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:28:07 PM EDT

Yes, I can. - (pwhysall) - (9) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:51:59 PM EDT

Up 300% over last year -NT - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:47 AM EDT

Need to see number of flights. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:02:53 PM EDT

Dunno without checking, but in the millions -NT - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:14:00 PM EDT

Anecdotal is travel is up. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:26:43 PM EDT

My answer made as much sense as that chart - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:18 AM EDT

I got it. -NT - (bionerd) - Aug. 30, 2005, 11:08:43 AM EDT

And the year before that? - (pwhysall) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:13:40 PM EDT

That chart - (bionerd) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:56:43 AM EDT

Noticed how "casualty" has morphed to mean "fatality"? - (Another Scott) - Aug. 30, 2005, 11:01:09 AM EDT

Yes, I can. And you don't get any slack ... - (mmoffitt) - (14) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:58:09 PM EDT

Plane age does figure into it - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:44:50 AM EDT

In theory, I agree. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:15:36 PM EDT

There *was* that air Hawaii flight where the roof peeled off - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:45:15 AM EDT

Yeah, and then there was this. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:16:20 PM EDT

Um... - (Another Scott) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:51:43 PM EDT

IF... the condition of Omnipresence. Slowww Learners R'us -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:28:47 PM EDT

Heh. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:31:25 PM EDT

good lord - (bionerd) - (5) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:53:33 AM EDT

Re: good lord - (Nightowl) - (4) - Aug. 30, 2005, 01:02:36 PM EDT

s/propose/purport/ - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 30, 2005, 02:10:10 PM EDT

Neuroses? - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:05:06 PM EDT

Note that it's a *foolish* consistency. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:13:41 PM EDT

Well.. methinks that the Great Ones were! - (Ashton) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:24:28 PM EDT

Another crash (new thread) - (bionerd) - Sept. 5, 2005, 11:45:17 AM EDT

Utter nonsense. - (pwhysall) - (87) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:41:43 AM EDT

Wot 'e said. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:50:00 AM EDT

Aye. I often point out - (imric) - (77) - Aug. 29, 2005, 12:10:50 PM EDT

Re: Aye. I often point out - (Nightowl) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:08:50 PM EDT

And you'd be wrong in that - (ben_tilly) - (75) - Aug. 29, 2005, 07:09:16 PM EDT

dunno about safety but comfort factor is 500 miles - (boxley) - (74) - Aug. 29, 2005, 07:22:34 PM EDT

Not if you fly yourself ;0) -NT - (mmoffitt) - (73) - Aug. 30, 2005, 11:05:23 AM EDT

Re: Not if you fly yourself ;0) - (Nightowl) - (72) - Aug. 30, 2005, 12:59:00 PM EDT

False sense of security - (Steve Lowe) - (71) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:05:17 PM EDT

Well.. occasionally planes manage to run into each other too - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 30, 2005, 03:16:51 PM EDT

One can do even more in a small aircraft. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:41:31 PM EDT

What do I do? - (Nightowl) - (68) - Aug. 30, 2005, 07:26:56 PM EDT

Love. It. - poor/smart person's Hummer. Laugh --> bank. -NT - (Ashton) - (38) - Aug. 30, 2005, 08:13:20 PM EDT

Nit: maybe not the bank with gas nearly $3/gal. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (37) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:43:21 PM EDT

Re: Nit: maybe not the bank with gas nearly $3/gal. - (Nightowl) - Aug. 30, 2005, 10:46:24 PM EDT

I play a really small violin for thee - (pwhysall) - (35) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:38:08 AM EDT

Pick some up when you pick up the London Bridge. - (Another Scott) - (11) - Aug. 31, 2005, 07:58:34 AM EDT

Up to \ufffd1/litre in places. - (pwhysall) - (6) - Aug. 31, 2005, 08:01:01 AM EDT

Hey. I wasn't whynghyng. Twas a Q about the changes. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 31, 2005, 08:19:32 AM EDT

Just wait. - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Aug. 31, 2005, 10:09:04 AM EDT

Atlanta has a 7 day supply left and pipelines are off - (boxley) - (3) - Aug. 31, 2005, 10:23:18 AM EDT

It's all about the local vacations now. -NT - (admin) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:27:24 AM EDT

Detroit, here you come.. -NT - (bionerd) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:56:16 AM EDT

Moved early. As of 10am it's $3.29 here. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:59:07 PM EDT

I think Peter's got a point. - (static) - (3) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:37:37 PM EDT

0.88 USD / Liter here now - (admin) - (2) - Aug. 31, 2005, 11:44:01 PM EDT

Yes, that's a problem. -NT - (static) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:59:32 AM EDT

RE: Your .sig: Hey, how'd you make the Reversed "d"? - (folkert) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:38:26 AM EDT

But is your commute over 30 miles each way? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (22) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:43:10 PM EDT

What's that got to do with the zen of cucumbers? -NT - (pwhysall) - (5) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:44:20 PM EDT

economic pain = price*quantity - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:54:31 PM EDT

That'd be your choice, then. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:56:40 PM EDT

Yes, it would. As I said up front. - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:12:35 PM EDT

Any remote chance: a ride-pool sorta thing, given 'hours' ? -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 03:17:52 PM EDT

Nope. I have odd hours. And they move a lot. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:33:50 AM EDT

Mine's 57 miles each way. - (mmoffitt) - (15) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:57:44 PM EDT

Gocha beat...63 miles each way - (jb4) - (14) - Aug. 31, 2005, 06:10:21 PM EDT

I'd say both of you ought to consider relocation -NT - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:01:32 AM EDT

Heh. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 1, 2005, 11:28:17 AM EDT

In this housing market, - (jb4) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:29:09 PM EDT

Pshaw - (bepatient) - (10) - Aug. 31, 2005, 08:58:36 PM EDT

Wanna borrow my cycle? - (Ashton) - (9) - Aug. 31, 2005, 09:21:53 PM EDT

I've been thinking along those lines - (bepatient) - (8) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:55:07 PM EDT

I had fewer problems on TPK and GSP - (imric) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:07:29 PM EDT

Just bought one - (Steve Lowe) - (3) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:08:05 PM EDT

Synchronicity! - (Ashton) - (2) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:04:20 PM EDT

Rode it some tonight - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 11:48:09 PM EDT

Oh Yeah: Always renew! - (Ashton) - Sept. 2, 2005, 06:32:46 AM EDT

Not sure you'd wanna ride 2 wheels in a NJ winter... - (jb4) - (1) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:30:54 PM EDT

I did it one Cleveland winter - (hnick) - Sept. 2, 2005, 07:35:52 AM EDT

So had a co-worker - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 2, 2005, 02:14:01 AM EDT

COAST - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:48:49 AM EDT

That's GOOD! - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 31, 2005, 05:28:16 AM EDT

COAST in depth, by a UK trafpol from another forum: - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 31, 2005, 07:38:38 AM EDT

Saved for distribution. - (Ashton) - Aug. 31, 2005, 03:41:18 PM EDT

CRAP - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:55:34 AM EDT

Oh lovely, it runs in the family. - (CRConrad) - (23) - Aug. 31, 2005, 07:35:02 AM EDT

Yeah, I wondered about that. - (pwhysall) - Aug. 31, 2005, 07:41:00 AM EDT

especially the car he was driving - (boxley) - (20) - Aug. 31, 2005, 09:04:34 AM EDT

Re: especially the car he was driving - (Nightowl) - (19) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:05:22 PM EDT

Feh. - (pwhysall) - (18) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:48:48 PM EDT

I beg to differ - (Nightowl) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:01:38 PM EDT

You didn't drive much when you were here, did you? - (drewk) - (16) - Aug. 31, 2005, 01:03:24 PM EDT

So? - (pwhysall) - (14) - Aug. 31, 2005, 04:03:50 PM EDT

You've never driven the Southfield Freeway, either. - (admin) - Aug. 31, 2005, 05:41:43 PM EDT

So? - (Nightowl) - (12) - Aug. 31, 2005, 06:10:11 PM EDT

I mean a different thing, it seems. - (pwhysall) - (11) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:34:39 AM EDT

Re: I mean a different thing, it seems. - (Nightowl) - (10) - Sept. 1, 2005, 03:16:27 AM EDT

Shiny things. Look in them occasionally. - (pwhysall) - (9) - Sept. 1, 2005, 05:01:14 AM EDT

That's what I'm telling you - (drewk) - (7) - Sept. 1, 2005, 10:11:40 AM EDT

Exactly - (Nightowl) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:44:21 PM EDT

Some of the worst one *I* know about... - (folkert) - (5) - Sept. 1, 2005, 01:56:54 PM EDT

I'm thinking PA Tunrpike - (drewk) - (3) - Sept. 1, 2005, 02:04:39 PM EDT

Buncha wimps - (broomberg) - (2) - Sept. 1, 2005, 02:10:12 PM EDT

Might just be Darwin in action... - (jb4) - Sept. 1, 2005, 06:33:59 PM EDT

There are multiple evolved strategies for this problem - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:08:22 PM EDT

Hmmm - spent a couple summers at 119-14 Union Tpke - (Ashton) - Sept. 2, 2005, 07:00:18 AM EDT

Bikers in all-black on black cycles should be banned. - (static) - Sept. 1, 2005, 09:21:08 PM EDT

That depends on area - (ben_tilly) - Sept. 1, 2005, 12:35:42 AM EDT

Actually, no - (Nightowl) - Aug. 31, 2005, 12:08:06 PM EDT

Maybe there IS something to be said for roundabouts... - (jb4) - (5) - Aug. 29, 2005, 01:55:59 PM EDT

Re: Maybe there IS something to be said for roundabouts... - (pwhysall) - (4) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:14:35 PM EDT

trouble is all those dam cars going the wrong way -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:29:52 PM EDT

OMFG! "Magic Roundabout" -NT - (drewk) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:31:34 PM EDT

Designed to trap Americans, I think - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:34:00 PM EDT

"Look kids! Big Ben! Parliament! Look kids! Big Ben! Par..." -NT - (Meerkat) - Aug. 30, 2005, 06:43:47 AM EDT

Re: Utter nonsense. - (Nightowl) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2005, 02:22:17 PM EDT

Five whole accidents? - (pwhysall) - Aug. 29, 2005, 03:02:09 PM EDT

I'm not afraid! - (imqwerky) - Aug. 29, 2005, 11:45:15 AM EDT

Don't forget - (imqwerky) - (2) - Aug. 27, 2005, 04:53:57 PM EDT

Similar, yet not - (scoenye) - (1) - Aug. 28, 2005, 08:32:38 AM EDT

Thanks for the update - (Nightowl) - Aug. 28, 2005, 09:03:02 AM EDT

Love.It.__Predictable statistics rants, Guys - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:23:21 PM EDT

And in English? - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:35:00 PM EDT

Yes, there is that, too.. - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:38:24 PM EDT

And the current direction /is/ down... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Aug. 29, 2005, 04:59:21 PM EDT

Reminds of a WW-II story - (Ashton) - Aug. 29, 2005, 05:13:49 PM EDT

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