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s/lead/lede "Lede" is the newspaper term, "lead" refers to a toxic metal element, or to someone who is followed. Also, the second part basically just says "th
by ubernostrum 10y ago
s/lead/lede
"Lede" is the newspaper term, "lead" refers to a toxic metal element, or to someone who is followed.
Also, the second part basically just says "they sell them, they're worth this much", but doesn't really get into why others are willing to pay that much.
- DanBC 10y ago> "Lede" is the newspaper term, "lead" refers to a toxic metal element, or to someone who is followed. If you're going to be pedantic you should at least be correct. Lead here is fine, especially since lede is a neologism. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/bury-the-lede-versus-lead https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/bury-the-lede-... > Although evidence dates the spelling to the 1970s, we didn't enter lede in our dictionaries until 2008. For much of that time, it was mostly kept under wraps as in-house newsroom jargon.
- tptacek 10y agoIn fact, lede is a deliberately misspelled version of "lead"; like TK, it exists to be picked easily out of copy without being confused by the real text. So it's especially strange to criticize the use of the word "lead".
- ch4s3 10y agoHaha, I always make that mistake when typing. Yeah, I've had this conversation a few times. I think that there are some know reasons for the theft, but the black market for this stuff is pretty opaque. I imagine that if you're in the business of cybercrime, you diversify, and one option is stolen health records.
- pmiller2 10y ago"Lead" is also acceptable.[0, 1] -- [0]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bury_the_lead https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bury_the_lead [1]: http://www.yourdictionary.com/bury-the-lead http://www.yourdictionary.com/bury-the-lead
- tedajax 10y agoAs a daily user of the English language I declare this stupid and will use lead.