I think that alleged has a very useful and commonly understood meaning. There are far more craven phrases that didn't make his list.
For my money, "Some say" is way worse. "Some say"? Who is this "some"? And phrases which have no concrete subject or object. "Mistakes were made". I wouldn't mind seeing those go away. Judah On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, but "alleged" is not very specific. > > Alleged by who? his crazy ex girlfriend? His Kindergarten teacher? The > police? A district attorney? > > It has come to be used often as a shorthand for "charged and on trial, but > not convicted yet". > > So SAY that. > > Instead, it is now used as a craven legal figleaf trying to cover the next > statement to follow. > > Around here, it would instead be followed "but I don't mean that in a bad > way". > > > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Since he explicitly forbids the use of the word "alleged", I'll just >> have to call him a douchenozzle instead of an alleged douchenozzle . >> >> Some of those things I can kind of see the logic behind. The >> mispronunciations, well, you shouldn't hire people that cannot >> pronounce "hundred" correctly. But how in the world would you >> correctly report the news if you can't use the word alleged? Guy's >> been charged with murder but has not been convicted. He's an alleged >> murderer. Do you want to just call him a murderer and ignore the >> trial? >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > This topic has been burning hot across the news business this morning. >> > >> > I actually agree with most of his list. What say you all? >> > >> > >> http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/03/memo-puts-wgn-news-staffers-at-a-loss-for-words/17374 >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313343 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
