"bury the lede"

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:14 AM -0700 8/25/08, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>On Aug 25, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Dave Wilton wrote:
>
>>"Lede" is a standard journalistic term and, indeed, it is so spelled
>>to
>>avoid confusion with the metal. Merriam-Webster has it from 1976.
>>"Bury the
>>lede/lead" is a common phrase among journos.
>
>related is journalistic "hed" for "head", that is a headline.
>
>arnold
>
--to forestall confusion with "heed" or "hayed"?  There's something odd here...

LH

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