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> “On record” usually means since we started recording history , at least 5k years ago. I'm a journalist who has published "highest/lowest on record" statistic
by NicuCalcea 9mo ago
> “On record” usually means since we started recording history , at least 5k years ago.
I'm a journalist who has published "highest/lowest on record" statistics tens, if not hundreds of times, and I've never heard of anyone thinking it means "since Herodotus" or anything like that.
- tonymet 9mo agoHow would readers know the reference point unless you inform them. Of course they will defer to colloquialisms . In some cases 5000 years , some 1000 years . With something as broad and impactful as this, they certainly assume more than 150 years .
- NicuCalcea 9mo agoThey would know by reading beyond the headline. I am not aware of the colloquialism as you describe it.
- defrost 9mo agoYou both have a point, reading further provides context as to which record is being talked about. There are, of course, many records - newspaper records, human logged records of conditions that day, and human created records of proxy data - ice cores, dendrochronology, cosmic ray induced crystal formation in beach sand, etc.
- tonymet 9mo agoThis is disingenuous given your training in journalism , writing & linguistics.
- NicuCalcea 9mo agoYou need to stop being intentionally obtuse, nobody's buying it.