Re:Is the World Really Running Out of Sand?
by sharkjacobs on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @12:46PM
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I would argue that there's no reason to continue misspelling "lead" as "lede" outside of a context where you are worried about conflating the "lead" paragraph with the "lead" piece of metal which was used as a spacer between words in a Linotype machine
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It's not a misspelling, it's jargon. FWIW I prefer it and I think it's valuable to preserve in part because people who dig into it a bit learn about the history of the term and practice of putting publications (especially newspapers) together.
Re:Is the World Really Running Out of Sand?
by Maxatar on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:01PM
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You can prefer one spelling over another, absolutely, but it's a bit too strong to say someone using the actual word "lead" is incorrect.
Oh, I wouldn't correct someone for saying "lead" -- or "intro" or any other variant that makes sense. Leed is right out, though.
Re:Is the World Really Running Out of Sand?
by keybored on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:10PM
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If the choice is betwixt overloading a morpheme and having two distinct I shall take the latter.
Re:Is the World Really Running Out of Sand?
by jameshart on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @09:40AM
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Right. Saying people outside the industry should feel free to use ‘lead’ instead of ‘lede’ is like saying people outside the tech business should feel free to talk about ‘kilobites’.
Re:Is the World Really Running Out of Sand?
by ziddoap on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @01:02PM
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>I would argue that there's no reason to continue misspelling "lead" as "lede"
Does it still count as misspelling when "lede" is in the dictionary (Merriam Websters & Cambridge & Oxford)?
Pretty sure it's just a word at that point, right?