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Crash with entrapment in Mount Joy Township
Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster New Era
Nov 19, 2009 13:30 EST
Elizabethtown
By RYAN ROBINSON, Staff Writer
A one-car accident with entrapment occurred near Mount Gretna and Koser roads in Mount Joy Township at 8:35 a.m. today, the Elizabethtown Fire Department reported on its Web site.

It took about 10 minutes to free one of the two people in the car, the site said.

The extent of injuries was not immediately available.
rrobinson@lnpnews.com

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QUOTE (Maffimuk @ Nov 20 2009, 12:22 PM)
I apologize for the IU 13 comment, I shouldn't have said that.

Within the definition of entrapment is entrapped. Entrapped means to trap (broadly). You're probably right, it developed as a term used exclusively in accident investigation terminology.


Thanks for the comment. Your type of response is rare these days.
r2010
I was on an enthusiast site to look up information on changing the oil on a family members car. I drive domestic, this is Japanese.
Anyway the dictionary police were going on about the difference between the words engine and motor. The self appointed Webster pointing out that the term motorboat is incorrect, it should be powerboat.
That got me to thinking that if I were a member of that site, I would relate that I took my Honda powercycle to the Enginecycle shop for service. But I figured it would be lost on the would be Noah.
You see that's the beauty of the English language, it's dynamic instead of rigidly structured.
If you need the precision required for medicine and law use Latin. If you need a language that is intuitive in it's adaptability to a rapidly changing world American English is it.

Hopefully the victims aren't too banged up.
Bustina di tè
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!
Salva Veritate
QUOTE (Salva Veritate @ Nov 21 2009, 03:03 AM)
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!


I thought I was alone too. Hehehehe....sometimes I wonder why people say "I 'could' care less"
when what they probably mean is "I couldn't care less." The word "could" means that there is still room left not to care.
r2010
QUOTE (r2010 @ Nov 22 2009, 04:08 AM)
I thought I was alone too. Hehehehe....sometimes I wonder why people say "I 'could' care less"
when what they probably mean is "I couldn't care less." The word "could" means that there is still room left not to care.


Entrapment has numerous meanings, but if you want to limit yourself to the legal definition, I "could" care less.

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