The 'victim' would do in most cases.
Works for both accidental and intentional deaths.
And sounds more caring and sharing too.
Your point about situational language is well made. i counter with
the outrageous pomposity of police officers using pseudo-legal
language as an exclusionary jargon and the way that journalists now
use 'alleged' as often as possible. Here someone was 'allegedly
stabbed' the other day - I'm certain that he was actually stabbed.
Basically what I'm grumbling about is the tendency of the ill-
educated to use ten dollar words in a witless attempt to sound expert
or intelligent. Usually it has entirely the opposite effect. I cite
the substitution of 'utiliize' for 'use' - is there any situation
where it is justified? I really can't think of one but there really
should be because the word itself is valid. My OED say it means 'to
make useful' rather than 'to employ' but I can't quite see it.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 08/04/2007, at 12:01 AM, Doug Smith wrote:
> A coroner that referred to someone killed as the dead instead of
> the deceased
> on television most likely wouldn't win his next election.
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