refugee, IDP, evacuee

[Barnhart]

The use in the press (as quickly and crudely assessed in Google News)
suggests that the use of refugee (3,700 articles) is more than twice a
"frequent" as the term evacuee (1,580 articles).  Internally displaced
person is a virtual no show--there are only 3 articles for it.

More to come as this story unfolds.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Tuesday, September
06, 2005 at 9:11 AM -0500 wrote:
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>They came to America for refuge from Africa?  Pretty
>well turns the word on its head!
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>--- Margaret Lee <mlee303 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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>> Black people in America have been "refugees" from
>> Africa since 1619.
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>James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
>South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
>jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com     |whether we act quickly and decisively
>                               |or slowly and cautiously.
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