Friday, November 12, 2010

Peeve

A news story currently making the rounds is about the Carnival cruise ship Splendor which finally made it to port after three days at sea with no power. It seems that when describing passengers leaving the ship, all reporters for every news organization on the planet were required to use the word 'disembark.' Why couldn't they just say 'debark'? After all, I doubt if any of them would say 'disemplane.'

William Safire is sorely missed.