I'm bringing this thread back up because I'm wondering how many of you heard Jennifer Lopez announce the contending songs for the Academy Awards?

I have it from a good source that she announced each song, "music by ________________ (whomever)"....and, get ready for this, "lyric by _______________(whomever)." And she used the word "lyric" five times--consistent in using lyric for words of the songs rather than lyrics.

Did anyone else here notice this? And, if so, it makes me wish I could contact her script writer for the awards and find out why he/she chose "lyric"--is he/she of the old school? I'm very curious because what I believe is going on is there is an old-fashioned preference for lyric, but the masses are moving against the old rule--and, when the masses so move, those poor old dogs of rules eventually lie down and die.

Best regards,
WordWorrier