[Ads-l] Roe vee Wade

[Shapiro, Fred]

I believe that in the legal community "v." is most common, with "versus" being more common in general usage.  When my kids were growing up they use "vers" in various contexts, which I had never heard before.

Fred Shapiro


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Subject: Roe vee Wade

It seems to me that most public references to the Supreme Court case "Roe vs. Wade" call it "Roe vee Wade" rather than "Roe versus Wade".
I believe I have heard lawyers refer to Supreme Court cases as "X vee Y" but I don't recall hearing laypeople (such as newscasters) using "X vee Y' rather than "X versus Y" e.g. "Brown versus Board of Education" not "Brown vee Board of Education".
Am I tone deaf or is there a trend here?
James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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Subject: Roe vee Wade

It seems to me that most public references to the Supreme Court case "Roe vs. Wade" call it "Roe vee Wade" rather than "Roe versus Wade".
I believe I have heard lawyers refer to Supreme Court cases as "X vee Y" but I don't recall hearing laypeople (such as newscasters) using "X vee Y' rather than "X versus Y" e.g. "Brown versus Board of Education" not "Brown vee Board of Education".
Am I tone deaf or is there a trend here?
James Landau
jjjrlandau at netscape.com

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