Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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Oh! I *know* what word it is whose incorrect use has gotten accepted because everyone, even fucking NPR, does it: "troops" as indicating a singular person. Like "three troops were killed in Afghanistan."
"Troop" is a goddamn collective noun, like "flock." But all kinds of news outlets have been using "troop" as a synonym for "soldier." WTF???
They covered evacuation as it applies to people and buildings on The Wire. Otherwise I wouldn't have known that one.
OH GOD I FUCKING HATE "TROOP"
They covered evacuation as it applies to people and buildings on The Wire. Otherwise I wouldn't have known that one.
Hey I might've learned it there!
OH GOD I FUCKING HATE "TROOP"
Even goddamn NPR!!!
Perhaps we should all write to NPR. It would be a revolution.
I HATE TROOP TOO! Every time they says 'three troops were deployed' I picture 3 groups of soldiers, not three soldiers. I was beginning to think I was crazy and that troop always = soldier.
Yeah, I thought I was just wrong about what I thought troops meant because that's used so universally. Now I can be righteously indignant! So much better.
I didn't even realize about troops. Because we always talk about supporting the troops, and what we really mean is supporting the individual soldiers, so I assumed troop = soldier.
I thought troop had meant a single person for a long time but I just looked it up and found that it comes from an Old French word meaning herd or flock so I'm going to stop using it in the singular sense on principle. A troop is made up of soldiers.
A troop is made up of soldiers.
Or Boy Scouts.