The current obsession with "Gone Missing"

Cohen, Gerald Leonard gcohen at MST.EDU
Sun Jun 7 18:12:18 UTC 2009


 
Is there any possibility of  English "gone missing" being influenced by German "verloren gegangen" (= lost; missing)?
 
Gerald Cohen

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