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tommangan	Post subject: "cooler" temperatures: ugh! Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 9:06 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 485 Location: San Jose, CA	OK, kids, reassure me: Am I the only living editor who still thinks temperatures can rise or fall, but cannot get hot or cold? <p>This was one of those bedrock nitpicks pounded into my head in school but apparently it's not as widespread as other bedrock nitpicks.
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Rio	Post subject: Re: "cooler" temperatures: ugh! Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 9:59 am
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 887 Location: U.S.A.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tom mangan: OK, kids, reassure me: Am I the only living editor who still thinks temperatures can rise or fall, but cannot get hot or cold? <p>This was one of those bedrock nitpicks pounded into my head in school but apparently it's not as widespread as other bedrock nitpicks.<hr></blockquote><p>Rest assured, you are not the only living editor who realizes that numeric measurements don't get hot or cold. That fact was a recent issue at my own newsroom recently.<p>I don't blame reporters or even editors for getting this wrong; the terminology is so much a part of the vernacular, it's easy to miss.<p>I presume this is one issue in which most are not willing to surrender to "language evolution." :D
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tommangan	Post subject: Re: "cooler" temperatures: ugh! Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 11:15 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 485 Location: San Jose, CA	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gary Kirchherr: <p>I presume this is one issue in which most are not willing to surrender to "language evolution." :D <hr></blockquote><p> When it's one of my pet peeves, it's a statement of determined defense of the language. If it's somebody else's pet peeve but doesn't trouble me, then it's time we let the langauge evolve according to current usage.
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ramblerdan	Post subject: Re: "cooler" temperatures: ugh! Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 3:15 pm
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 399 Location: Saratoga Springs, N.Y.	I'm keeping that quote, Tom. Maybe I'll put it at the top of my Web page. :) <p> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by tom mangan: <p> When it's one of my pet peeves, it's a statement of determined defense of the language. If it's somebody else's pet peeve but doesn't trouble me, then it's time we let the langauge evolve according to current usage.<hr></blockquote>
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Rio	Post subject: Re: "cooler" temperatures: ugh! Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 10:33 pm
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 887 Location: U.S.A.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica ,sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by ramblerdan: I'm keeping that quote, Tom. Maybe I'll put it at the top of my Web page. :) <p> <hr></blockquote><p>I liked it too. Finally, a post that made me laugh out loud, and not unintentionally! :)
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