service revolver == sidearm/service weapon

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's the same kind of
> ... "_paraplegic_" being replaced by
> "quadriplegic" in situations where the latter term does not offer a
> correct description of the condition.

It goes without saying that no two people experience the same reality.
Nevertheless, FWIW, IME, _quadriplegic_ is close to extinct in casual
speech or writing and a - to me, absolutely *astounding* - number of
speakers of all kinds in all walks of life, both on TV and in the
wild, say "parap[@]legic," to the extent that plain "paraplegic" is
beginning to sound almost pedantic, to my ear.

-Wilson



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