[Ads-l] "triage" (v.)

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN:

"They'll be taking those pieces of wreckage, triaging them, and" etc., etc.

Sorting out on the basis of possible significance?

JL

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> -----------------------
> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject:      Re: "triage" (v.)
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Rep. Debbie Wassermann Schultz tells CNN, concerning an airliner fire in
> Florida, that airport authorities are "in a central location monitoring [I
> think -JL] and triaging what is going on."
>
> 'Sorting out'?  Cf. 4/5/13 above.
>
> JL
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> > -----------------------
> > Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: "triage" (v.)
> >
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Sorry.
> >
> > Here is the precise quote:
> >
> > "As soon as I met Fiona and I was describing the problem we were having
> > with our rear brakes, she immediately triaged the situation, knew exactly
> > what was wrong with it, the car was diagnosed properly, and was fixed
> > correctly."
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > Here is the precise quote:
> > >
> > > "as soon as i met fiona and i was describing the problem we were having
> > > with our rear brakes, she immediately triaged the situation, knew
> exactly
> > > what was wrong with it, the car was diagnosed properly, it was fixed
> > > correctly."
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
> > >> -----------------------
> > >> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > >> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> > >> Subject:      Re: "triage" (v.)
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
> > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> > >> >wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Guy in Ford commercial takes car in for repairs. Tells ad star Mike
> > Rowe
> > >> > that "Fiona...immediately triaged the situation and found out what
> was
> > >> > wrong with the brakes."
> > >> >
> > >> > Triaged????
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> My feeling precisely!
> > >>
> > >> BTW, was the car taken in to - or should that be "into"? - a Ford
> > "store"?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> -Wilson
> > >> -----
> > >> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to
> > >> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> > >> -Mark Twain
> > >>
> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------
> > >> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> > > truth."
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
> >
>
>
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org