Good morning, Newdists! Grab a cuppa and something tasty….I won’t be with you this morning, and please do forgive the very short diary. I promise to do better next time.
From Dan Rodericks in Monday’s Baltimore Sun:
I want to thank Larry Hogan, former Governor of Maryland, for introducing me to a word I never heard that might be the precise term for what happened in the Patapsco River on March 26: Allision.
The word does not appear in my hard-cover dictionaries. However, it shows up in maritime references, defined as “the running of one ship upon another ship that is stationary.”
Though Merriam-Webster online lists “allision” as obsolete, its revived usage might reduce the frequent and erroneous use of “collision” to describe what caused the Key Bridge disaster.
“Collision” is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as “the violent encounter of a moving object with another.” Given what happened — a moving container ship struck a stationary bridge — maybe “allision” should be pulled from obsolescence.
In times of stress and trouble….Jazz and single malt.
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If you’re watching the trial….
Hoping it will all sort itself out!
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