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The world says "leading news story" and therefore "burying the lead". Lede is an american thing. Parent could have been a british or canadian neighbour with th

The world says "leading news story" and therefore "burying the lead". Lede is an american thing. Parent could have been a british or canadian neighbour with their british colourful spelling.

MichaelCollins 4y ago
> The spelling lede (/ˈliːd/, from Early Modern English) is also used in American English, originally to avoid confusion with the printing press type formerly made from the metal lead or the related typographical term "leading". Huh.
015a 4y ago
I promise, I'm not, I'm just dumb.
- samstave 4y ago
  I too choose this guys dumbly leaded comment (Lead makes you dumb)
googlryas 4y ago
It's actually more about the lead paragraph, not the leading news story. If you bury the leading news story, that would imply putting it on page 13 or something. Buring the leading paragraph is putting the most important information at the end of the article where fewer people are likely to encounter it.
- 867-5309 4y ago
  >To “bury the lede” (sometimes spelled “bury the lead”) means to delay sharing the essential information in a story, and beginning with secondary details instead. The term originated in the news-writing world but is now applied widely in all fields of writing. "lead" in this context is pronounced led not leed
highwaylights 4y ago
Props for your correct spelling of colour.
- sethjr5rtfgh 4y ago
- yellowapple 4y ago
  If anything "color" is correct, being the original Latin spelling. The Normans started misspelling it by the time they went about conquering the British Isles, but Middle English reflects both spellings. On the other hand, English is descriptive rather than prescriptive, so both spellings might as well be equally correct. On the third hand, they're both wrong if we want to get old school about it; no sense in catering to a bunch of French invaders when we have the perfectly good words "blee" and "hue".
- tempestn 4y ago
  Also neighbour. Somehow I suspect the inclusion of those words wasn't entirely coincidental.

The world says "leading news story" and therefore "burying the lead". Lede is an american thing. Parent could have been a british or canadian neighbour with their british colourful spelling.

MichaelCollins 4y ago

> The spelling lede (/ˈliːd/, from Early Modern English) is also used in American English, originally to avoid confusion with the printing press type formerly made from the metal lead or the related typographical term "leading". Huh.

015a 4y ago

I promise, I'm not, I'm just dumb.

samstave 4y ago
I too choose this guys dumbly leaded comment (Lead makes you dumb)

googlryas 4y ago

It's actually more about the lead paragraph, not the leading news story. If you bury the leading news story, that would imply putting it on page 13 or something. Buring the leading paragraph is putting the most important information at the end of the article where fewer people are likely to encounter it.

867-5309 4y ago
>To “bury the lede” (sometimes spelled “bury the lead”) means to delay sharing the essential information in a story, and beginning with secondary details instead. The term originated in the news-writing world but is now applied widely in all fields of writing. "lead" in this context is pronounced led not leed

highwaylights 4y ago

Props for your correct spelling of colour.

sethjr5rtfgh 4y ago
yellowapple 4y ago
If anything "color" is correct, being the original Latin spelling. The Normans started misspelling it by the time they went about conquering the British Isles, but Middle English reflects both spellings. On the other hand, English is descriptive rather than prescriptive, so both spellings might as well be equally correct. On the third hand, they're both wrong if we want to get old school about it; no sense in catering to a bunch of French invaders when we have the perfectly good words "blee" and "hue".
tempestn 4y ago
Also neighbour. Somehow I suspect the inclusion of those words wasn't entirely coincidental.