[Ads-l] "casualty"

[Jonathan Lighter]

All I've been hearing on CNN and MSNBC has been "injured," not "wounded."

NPR, March 2
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/02/1083968591/russia-ukraine-deaths-war  :

"[T]he Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed a substantial number of
casualties in Ukraine, announcing that 498 Russian troops have died and
1,597 more have been injured."...

"Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that among
Ukrainian troops, 2,870 have been killed, around 3,700 injured and 572
captured."

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 12:32 PM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

>
> I wonder if it correlates with "injured" being more likely to be used when
> it's a shooting by police and "wounded" in shootings by others.
>
> Or perhaps "wounded" is carrying the connotation of military action.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2022 10:48am
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> Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "casualty"
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>
>
> Quora.com:
>
> "In 6 weeks [in Iraq] the US accomplished its goal. In total, the US
> coalition suffered 196 casualties and 551 injuries."
>
> I've also noticed for several years that cable news types usually say
> people were "injured" in shootings or firefights, not "wounded." Minor,
> but curious.
>
> JL
>
> JL
>
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 6:31 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > James Gagliano, former FBI Special Agent, on CNN a moment ago:
> >
> > "Thankfully there were [only] three injuries in this, but no casualties.
> > Nobody was killed during this blast."
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 12:08 PM Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Of course he said "fifty-three" hospitalized.
> >>
> >> JL
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> >> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > The mayor of Orlando officially announces "fifty casualties and
> >> > forty-three hospitalized."
> >> >
> >> > A few minutes later a CNN anchor describes the crime as "grievious."
> >> >
> >> > And just after that, a former CIA officer analyzes the situation
> >> > "from an intelligence optic."
> >> >
> >> > JL
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >> >> Subject: Re: "casualty"
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> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> >> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> wounded in action
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> A.K.A. "WIA." I wonder WTF happened to "KIA" - "killed in action" -
> >> such
> >> >> that a foreign company can sell tens of thousands of cars bearing the
> >> >> marque, "KIA," with no problem?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> -Wilson
> >> >> -----
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> to
> >> >> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> >> >> -Mark Twain
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