QUOTE (r2010 @ Nov 20 2009, 12:48 AM)
So now the Lancaster County 911 web site is using improper terms?
"Don't get too hung up on semantics..."
The problem is that words are being borrowed to fit unrelated circumstances.
It is the same with the overkill of use of the word "as" in sentences in which the
word doesn't belong. I think the problem is that people aren't getting hung up
enough on semantics anymore. It seems as though it is becoming a lost art.
Example:
"Uh yes captain....there is entrapment here. Could you send over pump number 3 as
my hose became shut off."
Anyway, I hope it all worked out good for the trapped people.
I agree with you. The art of semantics is being lost. My friends will ride my azz for using specific terms which I feel need to be used for semantics. You can't have a debate if semantics are not going to be used.
Thank Zeus I'm not the only one who feels this way!