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Space Forum / Shuttle / January 2008Isn't a "near miss" a hit?
First Blurry Pictures of Near-Miss Asteroid Released Tuesday, January 29, 2008 By Jeanna Bryner http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326125,00.html <><><><> For the life of me, I can't figure out why the media keeps using the term "near miss" for close calls between airplanes or celestial bodies. I think "near hit" is more accurate if somewhat colloquial. Il mittente di questo messaggio|The sender address of this non corrisponde ad un utente |message is not related to a real reale ma all'indirizzo fittizio|person but to a fake address of an di un sistema anonimizzatore |anonymous system Per maggiori informazioni |For more info https://www.mixmaster.it > For the life of me, I can't figure out why the media keeps using the term > "near miss" for close calls between airplanes or celestial bodies. I think > "near hit" is more accurate if somewhat colloquial. Probably because a large number of native English speakers use "near miss" colloquially for a close encounter without contact. Ask you coworker about the taxi that almost got him when he jay-walked. There is some logic to the colloquial usage -- it came near, but it was a miss. /dps "don't ask about her mother" > For the life of me, I can't figure out why the media keeps using the term > "near miss" for close calls between airplanes or celestial bodies. I think > "near hit" is more accurate if somewhat colloquial. I know what you're saying, but the term "near miss" means a miss by definition. On the other hand, "a near disaster" means there was no disaster. It's the English language, what do you expect? =) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/near%20miss > I know what you're saying, but the term "near miss" means a miss by > definition. On the other hand, "a near disaster" means there was no > disaster. It's the English language, what do you expect? =) What gets implied is that we could have had an accident, and it was just sheer luck that we didn't. But it still means that someone or something slipped up, and we still want to know why so we can correct it. >For the life of me, I can't figure out why the media keeps using the term >"near miss" for close calls between airplanes or celestial bodies. I think >"near hit" is more accurate if somewhat colloquial. Probably some strange editorial insistence on using the English language while reporting in English to an English-reading audience, or some nonsense reason like that.  SignatureJoseph Nebus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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