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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread TIME #84624 10/24/2002 10:22 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 And time again I find words in TIME that I think are not well chosen. In the Oct. 14 issue, in the seventh of "7 questions to pnder" p.34: "One side argues this war could stanch terrorism, while another argues it could breed it."Stanch" can mean "check" or "stop" but seems not as good a choice as "check". Perhaps the most common use of "stanch" is to stop bleeding, to stop the loss of something valuable. Surely terrorism is not something valuable. Please comment. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: TIME #84625 10/24/2002 10:30 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont they're probably thinking about terrorism as oozing out, bleeding the world... it is something that should be held in, not released. just a thought. I think there were better words they might have chosen, but the blood reference is apt... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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