A Facebook friend noting a pet peeve

[David Bowie]

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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