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If the nation weren't Colombia, would the headline have been "...judge rules..." or even "...court rules..."? "Says" is a pretty low-status verb. I don't sugges
by jessaustin 7y ago
If the nation weren't Colombia, would the headline have been "...judge rules..." or even "...court rules..."? "Says" is a pretty low-status verb. I don't suggest that Colombian judges should get more respect from headline-writers, but I would suggest that they should get the same respect as North American judges.
- xvedejas 7y agoNo. I went to news.google.com and searched "judge says". While the article above was one of the top results, all the other of the top ten results were stories in various parts of the US, with "judge says" used in the same way. It seems that to the extent the neutral verb "says" shows any respect, Colombian judges do get the same respect as North American judges in the eyes of headline writers.
- jessaustin 7y agoI'm not so certain. A slightly more empirically valid investigation than yours disagrees [0]. Whatever, I'm glad all the "anti-PC" reflexive downvoters had a chance to do their thing. [0] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=%22judge%20says%22,%22judge%20rules%22 https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=%22judge%2...