Re: FWD [forteana] Re: Leonids: Imperfect Storm 'Casting

From: James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Date: Tue Dec 11 2001 - 22:03:04 MST


On 12/11/01 8:39 PM, "Terry W. Colvin" <fortean1@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Terry fwded:
>> Peter Jenniskens, from NASA's Ames Research Center, forecasted up
>> to 4,200 meteors per hour above North America;
>>
> Excuse me, but 'forecasted'???? Is this acceptable in the US? Or is this
> just Wired saving money by laying off its subs and not paying for any
> journos who actually know the fucking language?

??? My dictionary does not have a problem with either their spelling or
usage of "forecasted".

-James Rogers
 jamesr@best.com



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