A Facebook friend noting a pet peeve
David Bowie
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Wed May 1 05:46:28 UTC 2013
From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> "A 'near-miss' is NOT a shortened form of 'nearly missed' and, therefore,
> it is not something that really means a 'hit'!"
I am reminded of George Carlin saying that a 'near miss' is a lie on the part of the airlines, because two planes that have a near miss would actually hit. "Boof! Look---they nearly missed. But not quite!"
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David Bowie
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